Origin Materials (ORGN) Competitors

Luxfer (NYSE:LXFR) and Origin Materials (NASDAQ:ORGN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Is LXFR or ORGN a better dividend stock?

Luxfer pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Origin Materials pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 42.7%. Luxfer pays out 76.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Origin Materials pays out -54.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Origin Materials is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, LXFR or ORGN?

Luxfer has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Origin Materials has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LXFR or ORGN?

Luxfer received 233 more outperform votes than Origin Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.59% of users gave Luxfer an outperform vote while only 60.42% of users gave Origin Materials an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Luxfer	Outperform Votes 291 66.59%	Underperform Votes 146 33.41%
Origin Materials	Outperform Votes 58 60.42%	Underperform Votes 38 39.58%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, LXFR or ORGN?

Origin Materials has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Luxfer. Origin Materials 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
Luxfer	$391.90M	0.80	-$1.90M	$0.68	17.28
Origin Materials	$31.28M	3.58	$23.80M	-$0.59	-1.27

Do analysts rate LXFR or ORGN?

Origin Materials has a consensus price target of $1.50, indicating a potential upside of 100.00%. Given Origin Materials' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Origin Materials is more favorable than Luxfer.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Luxfer	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Origin Materials	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Does the media prefer LXFR or ORGN?

In the previous week, Luxfer and Luxfer both had 3 articles in the media. Luxfer's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Origin Materials' score of 0.95 indicating that Luxfer is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Is LXFR or ORGN more profitable?

Luxfer has a net margin of 2.37% compared to Origin Materials' net margin of -229.52%. Luxfer's return on equity of 9.26% beat Origin Materials' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Luxfer	2.37%	9.26%	5.13%
Origin Materials	-229.52%	-21.26%	-19.30%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LXFR or ORGN?

90.8% of Luxfer shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.9% of Origin Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Luxfer shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of Origin Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Luxfer beats Origin Materials on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.