Trinseo (TSE) Competitors

Trinseo (NYSE:TSE) and Luxfer (NYSE:LXFR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Does the media favor TSE or LXFR?

In the previous week, Luxfer had 1 more articles in the media than Trinseo. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Luxfer and 3 mentions for Trinseo. Luxfer's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Trinseo's score of 0.51 indicating that Luxfer is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Trinseo	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Luxfer	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TSE or LXFR?

Trinseo received 57 more outperform votes than Luxfer when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.59% of users gave Luxfer an outperform vote while only 60.42% of users gave Trinseo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Trinseo	Outperform Votes 348 60.42%	Underperform Votes 228 39.58%
Luxfer	Outperform Votes 291 66.59%	Underperform Votes 146 33.41%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of TSE or LXFR?

82.7% of Trinseo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Luxfer shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Trinseo shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Luxfer shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, TSE or LXFR?

Luxfer has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Trinseo. Trinseo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Luxfer, 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
Trinseo	$3.39B	0.03	-$348.50M	-$9.94	-0.27
Luxfer	$399.50M	0.79	-$1.90M	$0.78	14.85

Which has more volatility & risk, TSE or LXFR?

Trinseo has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Luxfer has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TSE or LXFR a better dividend stock?

Trinseo pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Luxfer pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Trinseo pays out -0.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Luxfer pays out 66.7% 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. Trinseo has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Is TSE or LXFR more profitable?

Luxfer has a net margin of 2.37% compared to Trinseo's net margin of -9.92%. Luxfer's return on equity of 9.26% beat Trinseo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trinseo	-9.92%	N/A	-9.59%
Luxfer	2.37%	9.26%	5.13%

Summary

Luxfer beats Trinseo on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.