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LXU vs. DD, PPG, DOW, EMN, FMC, HUN, OLN, TROX, KRO, and VHI

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), Huntsman (HUN), Olin (OLN), Tronox (TROX), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), and Valhi (VHI).

LSB Industries vs.

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

DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LSB Industries has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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
DuPont de Nemours5.47% 7.12% 4.62%
LSB Industries -2.99%0.98%0.41%

DuPont de Nemours currently has a consensus target price of $87.71, suggesting a potential upside of 43.88%. LSB Industries has a consensus target price of $9.75, suggesting a potential upside of 89.50%. Given LSB Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe LSB Industries is more favorable than DuPont de Nemours.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
DuPont de Nemours
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79
LSB Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 33 more articles in the media than LSB Industries. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 7 mentions for LSB Industries. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat LSB Industries' score of 0.49 indicating that DuPont de Nemours is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
DuPont de Nemours
19 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
LSB Industries
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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
DuPont de Nemours$12.39B2.06$703M$1.6736.50
LSB Industries$522.40M0.71$27.92M-$0.27-19.06

DuPont de Nemours received 657 more outperform votes than LSB Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.48% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote while only 58.74% of users gave LSB Industries an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
DuPont de NemoursOutperform Votes
909
63.48%
Underperform Votes
523
36.52%
LSB IndustriesOutperform Votes
252
58.74%
Underperform Votes
177
41.26%

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$369.66M$23.48B$12.47B$18.55B
Dividend YieldN/A3.69%3.84%4.23%
P/E Ratio-24.509.999.4031.22
Price / Sales0.712.693.8626.47
Price / Cash5.1356.3513.3517.54
Price / Book0.748.571.894.31
Net Income$27.92M$731.97M$959.43M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.38%3.00%1.15%3.20%
1 Month Performance-28.79%-12.91%-6.87%-7.50%
1 Year Performance-35.32%-24.56%-6.57%2.62%

LSB Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LXU
LSB Industries
3.2826 of 5 stars
$5.15
+1.5%
$9.75
+89.5%
-36.2%$369.66M$522.40M-24.50570Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
DD
DuPont de Nemours
4.7583 of 5 stars
$57.72
-2.4%
$99.17
+71.8%
-18.3%$24.13B$12.39B34.5623,000Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
PPG
PPG Industries
4.8813 of 5 stars
$96.88
-2.3%
$137.77
+42.2%
-26.2%$21.99B$15.85B20.4852,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
DOW
DOW
4.6589 of 5 stars
$27.51
-2.4%
$41.85
+52.1%
-51.6%$19.42B$42.96B17.5237,800Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
EMN
Eastman Chemical
4.9206 of 5 stars
$73.52
-2.7%
$111.67
+51.9%
-20.3%$8.47B$9.38B9.5714,500Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
FMC
FMC
4.5066 of 5 stars
$35.27
-0.5%
$51.15
+45.1%
-32.6%$4.40B$4.25B12.976,600Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HUN
Huntsman
4.4529 of 5 stars
$13.09
-2.5%
$18.38
+40.3%
-46.2%$2.28B$6.04B-11.907,000Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
OLN
Olin
4.8248 of 5 stars
$19.17
-4.6%
$35.81
+86.8%
-61.9%$2.21B$6.54B21.307,780Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
TROX
Tronox
4.3225 of 5 stars
$4.90
-6.9%
$13.50
+175.8%
-67.8%$773.11M$3.07B-15.796,610Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
KRO
Kronos Worldwide
3.6735 of 5 stars
$6.53
-2.4%
$12.00
+83.8%
-39.2%$751.19M$1.89B8.062,196
VHI
Valhi
2.8053 of 5 stars
$16.13
-2.3%
$20.00
+24.0%
+3.9%$456.43M$2.10B5.172,250
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This page (NYSE:LXU) was last updated on 4/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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