LXU vs. NPK, SPLP, FBYD, VGR, SRL, LIVE, GEG, VATE, FGF, and HAPP
Should you be buying LSB Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LSB Industries include National Presto Industries (NPK), Steel Partners (SPLP), Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD), Vector Group (VGR), Scully Royalty (SRL), Live Ventures (LIVE), Great Elm Group (GEG), INNOVATE (VATE), Fundamental Global (FGF), and Happiness Development Group (HAPP). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.
LSB Industries (NYSE:LXU) and National Presto Industries (NYSE:NPK) are both small-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
National Presto Industries has a net margin of 10.14% compared to LSB Industries' net margin of 4.70%. National Presto Industries' return on equity of 10.14% beat LSB Industries' return on equity.
LSB Industries currently has a consensus price target of $10.94, indicating a potential upside of 33.22%. Given LSB Industries' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe LSB Industries is more favorable than National Presto Industries.
LSB Industries has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Presto Industries has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, LSB Industries and LSB Industries both had 2 articles in the media. National Presto Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat LSB Industries' score of -0.67 indicating that National Presto Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
73.7% of LSB Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of National Presto Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of LSB Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.0% of National Presto Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
LSB Industries received 108 more outperform votes than National Presto Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.32% of users gave National Presto Industries an outperform vote while only 58.85% of users gave LSB Industries an outperform vote.
National Presto Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LSB Industries. National Presto Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LSB Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
National Presto Industries beats LSB Industries on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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