LXU vs. DOW, DD, PPG, EMN, FMC, OLN, HUN, MTX, KRO, and VHI
Should you be buying LSB Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LSB Industries include DOW (DOW), DuPont de Nemours (DD), PPG Industries (PPG), Eastman Chemical (EMN), FMC (FMC), Olin (OLN), Huntsman (HUN), Minerals Technologies (MTX), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), and Valhi (VHI).
LSB Industries (NYSE:LXU) and DOW (NYSE:DOW) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
LSB Industries has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DOW has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
LSB Industries has a net margin of 3.20% compared to DOW's net margin of 2.75%. DOW's return on equity of 8.05% beat LSB Industries' return on equity.
In the previous week, LSB Industries had 1 more articles in the media than DOW. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for LSB Industries and 4 mentions for DOW. LSB Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat DOW's score of 0.50 indicating that LSB Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
DOW received 732 more outperform votes than LSB Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.31% of users gave DOW an outperform vote while only 58.71% of users gave LSB Industries an outperform vote.
73.7% of LSB Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of DOW shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of LSB Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of DOW shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
LSB Industries presently has a consensus price target of $10.58, indicating a potential upside of 9.45%. DOW has a consensus price target of $59.18, indicating a potential upside of 1.97%. Given LSB Industries' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe LSB Industries is more favorable than DOW.
Summary
DOW beats LSB Industries on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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