QUAD vs. LXFR, IRBT, TWIN, GHM, NNBR, IPAX, SSTI, PKOH, NWPX, and DM
Should you be buying Quad/Graphics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quad/Graphics include Luxfer (LXFR), iRobot (IRBT), Twin Disc (TWIN), Graham (GHM), NN (NNBR), Inflection Point Acquisition (IPAX), SoundThinking (SSTI), Park-Ohio (PKOH), Northwest Pipe (NWPX), and Desktop Metal (DM). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) and Luxfer (NYSE:LXFR) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
Luxfer received 14 more outperform votes than Quad/Graphics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.13% of users gave Luxfer an outperform vote while only 64.99% of users gave Quad/Graphics an outperform vote.
Quad/Graphics pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Luxfer pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Quad/Graphics pays out -17.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Luxfer pays out -649.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Luxfer is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Quad/Graphics currently has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 96.08%. Given Quad/Graphics' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Quad/Graphics is more favorable than Luxfer.
Luxfer has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Quad/Graphics. Luxfer is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quad/Graphics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Luxfer has a net margin of -0.47% compared to Quad/Graphics' net margin of -1.87%. Quad/Graphics' return on equity of 18.28% beat Luxfer's return on equity.
Quad/Graphics has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Luxfer has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
39.5% of Quad/Graphics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Luxfer shares are held by institutional investors. 11.4% of Quad/Graphics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Luxfer shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Luxfer had 4 more articles in the media than Quad/Graphics. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Luxfer and 8 mentions for Quad/Graphics. Quad/Graphics' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Luxfer's score of 0.28 indicating that Quad/Graphics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Luxfer beats Quad/Graphics on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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