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Luxfer (LXFR) Competitors

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$13.13 +0.01 (+0.08%)
(As of 04:33 PM ET)

LXFR vs. UAN, ECVT, WLKP, ASIX, VHI, ASPI, ARQ, SLI, SDST, and ORGN

Should you be buying Luxfer stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Luxfer include CVR Partners (UAN), Ecovyst (ECVT), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), AdvanSix (ASIX), Valhi (VHI), ASP Isotopes (ASPI), ARQ (ARQ), Standard Lithium (SLI), Stardust Power (SDST), and Origin Materials (ORGN). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.

Luxfer vs.

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

Luxfer received 77 more outperform votes than CVR Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.36% of users gave Luxfer an outperform vote while only 59.27% of users gave CVR Partners an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CVR PartnersOutperform Votes
211
59.27%
Underperform Votes
145
40.73%
LuxferOutperform Votes
288
66.36%
Underperform Votes
146
33.64%

In the previous week, CVR Partners had 6 more articles in the media than Luxfer. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for CVR Partners and 2 mentions for Luxfer. CVR Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Luxfer's score of -0.49 indicating that CVR Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CVR Partners$527.39M2.42$172.43M$4.9715.00
Luxfer$384.40M0.91-$1.90M$0.3339.76

43.8% of CVR Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Luxfer shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Luxfer shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

CVR Partners pays an annual dividend of $4.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Luxfer pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. CVR Partners pays out 95.8% 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.

CVR Partners has a net margin of 9.97% compared to Luxfer's net margin of 2.37%. CVR Partners' return on equity of 17.65% beat Luxfer's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CVR Partners9.97% 17.65% 5.40%
Luxfer 2.37%9.26%5.13%

CVR Partners has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Luxfer has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CVR Partners beats Luxfer on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LXFR vs. The Competition

MetricLuxferIndustrial inorganic chemicals IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$351.42M$25.53B$9.25B$19.22B
Dividend Yield3.76%2.49%2.03%3.52%
P/E Ratio39.7611.9621.1041.75
Price / Sales0.913.064.6416.47
Price / Cash13.7963.8419.2721.74
Price / Book1.669.504.235.31
Net Income-$1.90M$680.75M$398.18M$988.86M
7 Day Performance-4.09%-4.76%-4.92%-4.47%
1 Month Performance-9.20%-10.27%-0.22%-2.76%
1 Year Performance43.15%8.77%15.60%12.08%

Luxfer Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LXFR
Luxfer
3.4092 of 5 stars
$13.13
+0.1%
N/A+47.7%$351.69M$384.40M39.791,400Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
UAN
CVR Partners
2.6161 of 5 stars
$75.45
+0.4%
N/A+7.4%$1.29B$527.39M15.12310Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
ECVT
Ecovyst
4.3269 of 5 stars
$7.59
+1.5%
$10.75
+41.6%
-23.6%$884.31M$691.10M16.26880Analyst Forecast
Positive News
WLKP
Westlake Chemical Partners
3.7198 of 5 stars
$23.67
-1.1%
N/A+3.9%$834.13M$1.19B13.67150News Coverage
ASIX
AdvanSix
4.6675 of 5 stars
$30.55
-1.3%
$39.50
+29.3%
-4.2%$816.60M$1.53B21.701,450
VHI
Valhi
0.6861 of 5 stars
$23.90
-0.2%
$20.00
-16.3%
+53.8%$676.37M$1.92B7.672,196
ASPI
ASP Isotopes
0.7088 of 5 stars
$5.85
+17.0%
$4.50
-23.1%
+139.9%$417.63M$3.38M-9.3176Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ARQ
ARQ
3.5708 of 5 stars
$7.15
+0.8%
$10.00
+39.9%
N/A$300.53M$110.02M-709.00140
SLI
Standard Lithium
1.9171 of 5 stars
$1.49
+0.3%
$3.95
+166.0%
N/A$256.53MN/A2.51N/ANews Coverage
SDST
Stardust Power
2.6042 of 5 stars
$5.25
-1.5%
$12.50
+138.1%
N/A$251.66MN/A0.00N/AAnalyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
ORGN
Origin Materials
3.3398 of 5 stars
$1.15
-0.1%
$3.00
+161.1%
+16.9%$168.04M$35.12M-1.92160News Coverage
Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:LXFR) was last updated on 12/19/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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