LSB Industries (LXU) Competitors

LSB Industries (NYSE:LXU) and Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Is LXU or HUN more profitable?

LSB Industries has a net margin of -2.99% compared to Huntsman's net margin of -3.13%. LSB Industries' return on equity of 0.98% beat Huntsman's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LSB Industries	-2.99%	0.98%	0.41%
Huntsman	-3.13%	-0.39%	-0.18%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LXU or HUN?

Huntsman received 377 more outperform votes than LSB Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.18% of users gave Huntsman an outperform vote while only 58.60% of users gave LSB Industries an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LSB Industries	Outperform Votes 252 58.60%	Underperform Votes 178 41.40%
Huntsman	Outperform Votes 629 65.18%	Underperform Votes 336 34.82%

Do analysts recommend LXU or HUN?

LSB Industries currently has a consensus target price of $9.33, suggesting a potential upside of 17.85%. Huntsman has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.12%. Given Huntsman's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Huntsman is more favorable than LSB Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LSB Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Huntsman	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.90

Does the media prefer LXU or HUN?

In the previous week, Huntsman had 1 more articles in the media than LSB Industries. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Huntsman and 2 mentions for LSB Industries. LSB Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Huntsman's score of 0.67 indicating that LSB Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LSB Industries	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Huntsman	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LXU or HUN?

Huntsman has higher revenue and earnings than LSB Industries. LSB Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Huntsman, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LSB Industries	$527.63M	1.08	$27.92M	-$0.37	-21.41
Huntsman	$5.98B	0.34	$101M	-$0.91	-12.97

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LXU or HUN?

73.7% of LSB Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Huntsman shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of LSB Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Huntsman shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, LXU or HUN?

LSB Industries has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huntsman has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

LSB Industries and Huntsman tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.