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$7.60 -0.28 (-3.49%)
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LXU vs. DD, PPG, DOW, EMN, FMC, OLN, HUN, MTX, TROX, and KRO

Should you be buying LSB Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LSB Industries include DuPont de Nemours (DD), PPG Industries (PPG), DOW (DOW), Eastman Chemical (EMN), FMC (FMC), Olin (OLN), Huntsman (HUN), Minerals Technologies (MTX), Tronox (TROX), and Kronos Worldwide (KRO).

LSB Industries vs.

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

DuPont de Nemours has a net margin of 5.47% compared to LSB Industries' net margin of -2.99%. DuPont de Nemours' return on equity of 7.12% beat LSB Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
LSB Industries-2.99% 0.98% 0.41%
DuPont de Nemours 5.47%7.12%4.62%

In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 22 more articles in the media than LSB Industries. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 2 mentions for LSB Industries. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat LSB Industries' score of 0.36 indicating that DuPont de Nemours is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
LSB Industries
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
DuPont de Nemours
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

LSB Industries presently has a consensus target price of $10.75, suggesting a potential upside of 41.54%. DuPont de Nemours has a consensus target price of $98.75, suggesting a potential upside of 20.92%. Given LSB Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe LSB Industries is more favorable than DuPont de Nemours.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
LSB Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
DuPont de Nemours
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

LSB Industries has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

DuPont de Nemours received 651 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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LSB IndustriesOutperform Votes
251
58.92%
Underperform Votes
175
41.08%
DuPont de NemoursOutperform Votes
902
63.39%
Underperform Votes
521
36.61%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
LSB Industries$593.71M0.92$27.92M-$0.21-36.16
DuPont de Nemours$12.39B2.76$703M$1.6748.90

73.7% of LSB Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of LSB Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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

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LXU vs. The Competition

MetricLSB IndustriesIndustrial inorganic chemicals IndustryMulti-Sector SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$563.66M$28.70B$12.65B$20.29B
Dividend YieldN/A2.79%3.37%3.64%
P/E Ratio-36.1611.8910.2334.92
Price / Sales0.923.743.0317.42
Price / Cash5.1356.3711.3320.26
Price / Book1.0914.502.134.80
Net Income$27.92M$731.97M$885.89M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-4.88%-2.47%-2.54%-1.14%
1 Month Performance-16.77%-5.47%-0.50%-1.66%
1 Year Performance-0.52%-2.27%-11.54%13.43%

LSB Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LXU
LSB Industries
3.3631 of 5 stars
$7.60
-3.5%
$10.75
+41.5%
-1.2%$563.66M$593.71M-36.16570Upcoming Earnings
DD
DuPont de Nemours
4.7405 of 5 stars
$83.31
-0.9%
$98.75
+18.5%
+16.8%$34.82B$12.07B43.8524,000Dividend Increase
Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
PPG
PPG Industries
4.7931 of 5 stars
$117.75
-0.1%
$138.15
+17.3%
-19.9%$27.32B$15.85B24.8953,000Insider Trade
DOW
DOW
4.1289 of 5 stars
$38.69
+0.9%
$47.31
+22.3%
-29.4%$27.23B$42.96B24.6435,900Analyst Revision
News Coverage
EMN
Eastman Chemical
4.7448 of 5 stars
$100.99
-0.6%
$114.08
+13.0%
+14.1%$11.71B$9.38B13.1514,000Positive News
FMC
FMC
4.7506 of 5 stars
$36.65
-0.2%
$53.62
+46.3%
-25.9%$4.57B$4.25B13.476,600Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
OLN
Olin
4.7734 of 5 stars
$27.72
-0.5%
$40.44
+45.9%
-48.6%$3.23B$6.54B30.807,326Dividend Announcement
HUN
Huntsman
4.396 of 5 stars
$16.97
0.0%
$22.63
+33.3%
-32.7%$2.94B$6.11B-24.606,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MTX
Minerals Technologies
4.4935 of 5 stars
$71.50
-3.2%
$101.00
+41.3%
-2.1%$2.28B$2.12B13.804,070
TROX
Tronox
4.2133 of 5 stars
$7.81
-10.8%
$16.00
+105.0%
-48.4%$1.23B$2.85B-16.266,500Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
KRO
Kronos Worldwide
3.6576 of 5 stars
$9.16
-1.5%
$12.00
+31.1%
+1.9%$1.05B$1.67B11.302,196News Coverage

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