LXU vs. HUN, DD, PPG, DOW, EMN, FMC, OLN, CC, IOSP, and SCL
Should you be buying Lsb Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lsb Industries include Huntsman (HUN), DuPont de Nemours (DD), PPG Industries (PPG), DOW (DOW), Eastman Chemical (EMN), FMC (FMC), Olin (OLN), Chemours (CC), Innospec (IOSP), and Stepan (SCL).
Lsb Industries vs. Its Competitors
Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) and Lsb Industries (NYSE:LXU) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
Huntsman has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lsb Industries has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Huntsman has a net margin of -5.75% compared to Lsb Industries' net margin of -6.15%. Lsb Industries' return on equity of -0.34% beat Huntsman's return on equity.
84.8% of Huntsman shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of Lsb Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Huntsman shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Lsb Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Huntsman had 13 more articles in the media than Lsb Industries. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Huntsman and 2 mentions for Lsb Industries. Lsb Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Huntsman's score of 1.08 indicating that Lsb Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lsb Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Huntsman. 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.
Huntsman presently has a consensus price target of $12.06, suggesting a potential upside of 7.74%. Lsb Industries has a consensus price target of $9.75, suggesting a potential upside of 16.58%. Given Lsb Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lsb Industries is more favorable than Huntsman.
Summary
Lsb Industries beats Huntsman on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LXU) was last updated on 9/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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