Luxfer (LXFR) Competitors

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

Is LXFR or UAN 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
Luxfer	2.37%	9.26%	5.13%
CVR Partners	11.59%	20.61%	6.19%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, LXFR or UAN?

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
Luxfer	$391.90M	0.80	-$1.90M	$0.68	17.28
CVR Partners	$525.32M	2.45	$172.43M	$5.76	13.06

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

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

Is LXFR or UAN a better dividend stock?

Luxfer pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. CVR Partners pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. 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. CVR Partners pays out 121.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LXFR or UAN?

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

Does the media refer more to LXFR or UAN?

In the previous week, Luxfer had 2 more articles in the media than CVR Partners. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Luxfer and 1 mentions for CVR Partners. Luxfer's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat CVR Partners' score of 0.00 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
CVR Partners	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, LXFR or UAN?

Luxfer has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVR Partners has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CVR Partners beats Luxfer on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.