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LXU vs. HUN, DD, PPG, DOW, EMN, FMC, OLN, IOSP, CC, and SCL

Should you be buying Lsb Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lsb Industries include Huntsman (HUN), DuPont de Nemours (DD), PPG Industries (PPG), DOW (DOW), Eastman Chemical (EMN), FMC (FMC), Olin (OLN), Innospec (IOSP), Chemours (CC), and Stepan (SCL).

Lsb Industries vs. Its Competitors

Lsb Industries (NYSE:LXU) and Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Huntsman had 11 more articles in the media than Lsb Industries. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Huntsman and 4 mentions for Lsb Industries. Lsb Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Huntsman's score of -0.10 indicating that Lsb Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lsb Industries
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Huntsman
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Lsb Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Huntsman. Lsb Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Huntsman, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lsb Industries$527.63M1.16-$19.35M-$0.37-22.93
Huntsman$6.04B0.33-$189M-$0.91-12.45

Lsb Industries has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huntsman has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

73.7% of Lsb Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Huntsman shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Lsb Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Huntsman shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Huntsman has a net margin of -2.63% compared to Lsb Industries' net margin of -5.04%. Lsb Industries' return on equity of 0.97% beat Huntsman's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lsb Industries-5.04% 0.97% 0.41%
Huntsman -2.63%-0.65%-0.29%

Lsb Industries currently has a consensus price target of $9.33, indicating a potential upside of 10.00%. Huntsman has a consensus price target of $13.17, indicating a potential upside of 16.26%. Given Huntsman's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Huntsman is more favorable than Lsb Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lsb Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Huntsman
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.90

Summary

Lsb Industries beats Huntsman on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LXU vs. The Competition

MetricLsb IndustriesCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$610.60M$11.60B$3.22B$20.71B
Dividend YieldN/A3.45%5.17%3.68%
P/E Ratio-22.9622.33106.4127.42
Price / Sales1.165.2628,712,403,950,841,400.0070.78
Price / Cash6.397.4823.8721.88
Price / Book1.241.686.004.64
Net Income-$19.35M$507.43M$147.94M$994.58M
7 Day Performance1.37%-2.74%0.48%-0.94%
1 Month Performance-0.41%5.84%4.24%5.16%
1 Year Performance-1.11%-6.08%23.92%8.80%

Lsb Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LXU
Lsb Industries
1.3975 of 5 stars
$8.49
+1.6%
$9.33
+10.0%
-2.6%$610.60M$527.63M-22.96570News Coverage
HUN
Huntsman
3.8694 of 5 stars
$10.67
-4.0%
$15.00
+40.6%
-52.3%$1.93B$6.04B-11.736,300Analyst Forecast
DD
DuPont de Nemours
4.6849 of 5 stars
$73.01
-1.0%
$86.77
+18.8%
-10.1%$30.85B$12.39B-384.2624,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PPG
PPG Industries
4.7094 of 5 stars
$115.58
-2.3%
$130.67
+13.1%
-13.3%$26.85B$15.85B24.7546,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
DOW
DOW
3.3521 of 5 stars
$27.53
-3.3%
$33.65
+22.2%
-48.5%$20.12B$42.63B68.8336,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
EMN
Eastman Chemical
4.7933 of 5 stars
$78.18
-1.7%
$98.54
+26.0%
-22.6%$9.19B$9.38B9.9514,000Analyst Forecast
FMC
FMC
4.3239 of 5 stars
$43.20
-2.3%
$50.23
+16.3%
-28.5%$5.52B$4.25B16.495,700Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
OLN
Olin
4.5822 of 5 stars
$21.07
-3.9%
$27.67
+31.3%
-59.3%$2.52B$6.54B41.317,676News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
IOSP
Innospec
3.4986 of 5 stars
$86.47
-2.5%
N/A-35.1%$2.21B$1.85B80.062,450
CC
Chemours
4.4152 of 5 stars
$12.42
-3.9%
$17.33
+39.6%
-47.0%$1.94B$5.78B62.106,000Analyst Forecast
SCL
Stepan
3.6897 of 5 stars
$57.55
-2.9%
N/A-39.0%$1.34B$2.18B23.392,396

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This page (NYSE:LXU) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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