LXFR vs. IPX, GHM, PKOH, DM, NWPX, BOOM, IRBT, IPAX, QUAD, and ALTG
Should you be buying Luxfer stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Luxfer include IperionX (IPX), Graham (GHM), Park-Ohio (PKOH), Desktop Metal (DM), Northwest Pipe (NWPX), DMC Global (BOOM), iRobot (IRBT), Inflection Point Acquisition (IPAX), Quad/Graphics (QUAD), and Alta Equipment Group (ALTG). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Luxfer (NYSE:LXFR) and IperionX (NASDAQ:IPX) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
Luxfer received 285 more outperform votes than IperionX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave IperionX an outperform vote while only 66.20% of users gave Luxfer an outperform vote.
90.8% of Luxfer shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.8% of IperionX shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Luxfer shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Luxfer had 3 more articles in the media than IperionX. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Luxfer and 1 mentions for IperionX. Luxfer's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat IperionX's score of 0.00 indicating that Luxfer is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Luxfer has higher revenue and earnings than IperionX.
Luxfer has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IperionX has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Luxfer has a net margin of 0.08% compared to IperionX's net margin of 0.00%. Luxfer's return on equity of 6.59% beat IperionX's return on equity.
Summary
Luxfer beats IperionX on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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