LSB Industries (LXU) Competitors

DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) and LSB Industries (NYSE:LXU) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation and profitability.

Which has more volatility & risk, DD or LXU?

DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LSB Industries has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, DD or LXU?

DuPont de Nemours has higher revenue and earnings than LSB Industries. LSB Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DuPont de Nemours, 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
DuPont de Nemours	$12.07B	2.69	$423M	$1.90	40.84
LSB Industries	$593.71M	1.11	$27.92M	-$0.21	-43.91

Does the media prefer DD or LXU?

In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 24 more articles in the media than LSB Industries. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 2 mentions for LSB Industries. LSB Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat DuPont de Nemours' score of 0.49 indicating that LSB Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DuPont de Nemours	12 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
LSB Industries	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend DD or LXU?

DuPont de Nemours presently has a consensus target price of $98.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.29%. LSB Industries has a consensus target price of $10.75, suggesting a potential upside of 16.58%. Given DuPont de Nemours' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe DuPont de Nemours is more favorable than LSB Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DuPont de Nemours	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
LSB Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DD or LXU?

74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of LSB Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of LSB Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DD or LXU?

DuPont de Nemours received 646 more outperform votes than LSB Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.39% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote while only 58.92% of users gave LSB Industries an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DuPont de Nemours	Outperform Votes 897 63.39%	Underperform Votes 518 36.61%
LSB Industries	Outperform Votes 251 58.92%	Underperform Votes 175 41.08%

Is DD or LXU more profitable?

DuPont de Nemours has a net margin of 6.35% compared to LSB Industries' net margin of -2.99%. DuPont de Nemours' return on equity of 6.64% beat LSB Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DuPont de Nemours	6.35%	6.64%	4.29%
LSB Industries	-2.99%	0.98%	0.41%

Summary

DuPont de Nemours beats LSB Industries on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.