LSB Industries (LXU) Competitors

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 companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Is DD or LXU more profitable?

DuPont de Nemours has a net margin of 5.30% compared to LSB Industries' net margin of -2.99%. DuPont de Nemours' return on equity of 6.31% beat LSB Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DuPont de Nemours	5.30%	6.31%	4.04%
LSB Industries	-2.99%	0.98%	0.41%

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	2.91	$423M	$1.52	55.36
LSB Industries	$520.11M	1.20	$27.92M	-$0.21	-41.52

Which has more risk and volatility, DD or LXU?

DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LSB Industries has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate DD or LXU?

DuPont de Nemours currently has a consensus target price of $95.42, suggesting a potential upside of 13.40%. LSB Industries has a consensus target price of $10.25, suggesting a potential upside of 17.55%. Given LSB Industries' higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54
LSB Industries	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DD or LXU?

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

Does the media refer more to DD or LXU?

In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 28 more articles in the media than LSB Industries. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 4 mentions for LSB Industries. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat LSB Industries' score of 0.44 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	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
LSB Industries	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DD or LXU?

DuPont de Nemours received 640 more outperform votes than LSB Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.30% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote while only 58.82% of users gave LSB Industries an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DuPont de Nemours	Outperform Votes 890 63.30%	Underperform Votes 516 36.70%
LSB Industries	Outperform Votes 250 58.82%	Underperform Votes 175 41.18%

Summary

DuPont de Nemours beats LSB Industries on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.