LXU vs. DD, PPG, DOW, EMN, FMC, OLN, HUN, MTX, TROX, and KRO
Should you be buying LSB Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LSB Industries include DuPont de Nemours (DD), PPG Industries (PPG), DOW (DOW), Eastman Chemical (EMN), FMC (FMC), Olin (OLN), Huntsman (HUN), Minerals Technologies (MTX), Tronox (TROX), and Kronos Worldwide (KRO).
LSB Industries vs.
LSB Industries (NYSE:LXU) and DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
DuPont de Nemours has higher revenue and earnings than LSB Industries. DuPont de Nemours is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LSB Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DuPont de Nemours has a net margin of 5.47% compared to LSB Industries' net margin of -2.99%. DuPont de Nemours' return on equity of 7.12% beat LSB Industries' return on equity.
In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 23 more articles in the media than LSB Industries. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 3 mentions for LSB Industries. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat LSB Industries' score of 1.17 indicating that DuPont de Nemours is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DuPont de Nemours received 660 more outperform votes than LSB Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.47% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote while only 58.74% of users gave LSB Industries an outperform vote.
73.7% of LSB Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of LSB Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
LSB Industries has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
LSB Industries currently has a consensus price target of $9.75, suggesting a potential upside of 34.67%. DuPont de Nemours has a consensus price target of $85.15, suggesting a potential upside of 24.20%. Given LSB Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe LSB Industries is more favorable than DuPont de Nemours.
Summary
DuPont de Nemours beats LSB Industries on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LXU) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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