Luxfer (LXFR) Competitors

CVR Partners (NYSE:UAN) and Luxfer (NYSE:LXFR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.

Which has more risk & volatility, UAN or LXFR?

CVR Partners has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Luxfer has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor UAN or LXFR?

In the previous week, CVR Partners had 7 more articles in the media than Luxfer. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for CVR Partners and 3 mentions for Luxfer. Luxfer's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat CVR Partners' score of 0.82 indicating that Luxfer is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CVR Partners	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Luxfer	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is UAN or LXFR more profitable?

CVR Partners has a net margin of 11.59% compared to Luxfer's net margin of 2.37%. CVR Partners' return on equity of 20.61% beat Luxfer's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CVR Partners	11.59%	20.61%	6.19%
Luxfer	2.37%	9.26%	5.13%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in UAN or LXFR?

43.8% of CVR Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Luxfer shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Luxfer shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, UAN or LXFR?

CVR Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Luxfer. CVR Partners 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
CVR Partners	$525.32M	2.60	$172.43M	$5.76	13.85
Luxfer	$405M	0.94	-$1.90M	$0.33	43.03

Is UAN or LXFR a better dividend stock?

CVR Partners pays an annual dividend of $4.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Luxfer pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. CVR Partners pays out 82.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Luxfer pays out 157.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CVR Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer UAN or LXFR?

Luxfer received 78 more outperform votes than CVR Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.59% of users gave Luxfer an outperform vote while only 59.50% of users gave CVR Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CVR Partners	Outperform Votes 213 59.50%	Underperform Votes 145 40.50%
Luxfer	Outperform Votes 291 66.59%	Underperform Votes 146 33.41%

Summary

CVR Partners beats Luxfer on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.