LSB Industries (LXU) Competitors

DOW (NYSE:DOW) and LSB Industries (NYSE:LXU) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, DOW or LXU?

DOW has higher revenue and earnings than LSB Industries. DOW is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LSB Industries, 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
DOW	$43.03B	0.89	$589M	$1.68	32.44
LSB Industries	$525.18M	1.13	$27.92M	$0.24	34.63

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DOW or LXU?

DOW received 734 more outperform votes than LSB Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.05% of users gave DOW an outperform vote while only 58.63% of users gave LSB Industries an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DOW	Outperform Votes 982 59.05%	Underperform Votes 681 40.95%
LSB Industries	Outperform Votes 248 58.63%	Underperform Votes 175 41.37%

Is DOW or LXU more profitable?

DOW has a net margin of 2.68% compared to LSB Industries' net margin of 0.40%. DOW's return on equity of 7.94% beat LSB Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DOW	2.68%	7.94%	2.61%
LSB Industries	0.40%	1.29%	0.53%

Do analysts rate DOW or LXU?

DOW presently has a consensus price target of $58.30, indicating a potential upside of 6.97%. LSB Industries has a consensus price target of $9.69, indicating a potential upside of 16.58%. Given LSB Industries' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe LSB Industries is more favorable than DOW.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DOW	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31
LSB Industries	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has more risk and volatility, DOW or LXU?

DOW has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LSB Industries has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to DOW or LXU?

In the previous week, LSB Industries had 3 more articles in the media than DOW. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for LSB Industries and 1 mentions for DOW. LSB Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat DOW's score of 0.67 indicating that LSB Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DOW	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
LSB Industries	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DOW or LXU?

64.0% of DOW shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of LSB Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of DOW shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of LSB Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

DOW beats LSB Industries on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.