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LSB Industries (LXU) Competitors

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$7.66 +0.01 (+0.13%)
(As of 05:16 PM ET)

LXU vs. DD, PPG, DOW, EMN, FMC, OLN, HUN, 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), Olin (OLN), Huntsman (HUN), Tronox (TROX), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), and Valhi (VHI).

LSB Industries vs.

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

DuPont de Nemours received 642 more outperform votes than LSB Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.31% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote while only 58.82% of users gave LSB Industries an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LSB IndustriesOutperform Votes
250
58.82%
Underperform Votes
175
41.18%
DuPont de NemoursOutperform Votes
892
63.31%
Underperform Votes
517
36.69%

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
LSB Industries-2.99% 0.98% 0.41%
DuPont de Nemours 6.35%6.64%4.29%

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$520.11M1.06$27.92M-$0.21-36.57
DuPont de Nemours$12.19B2.63$423M$1.9040.33

LSB Industries has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

LSB Industries presently has a consensus price target of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 33.46%. DuPont de Nemours has a consensus price target of $95.25, indicating a potential upside of 24.31%. Given LSB Industries' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe LSB Industries is more favorable than DuPont de Nemours.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
LSB Industries
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
DuPont de Nemours
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.54

In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 9 more articles in the media than LSB Industries. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 1 mentions for LSB Industries. LSB Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat DuPont de Nemours' score of 0.37 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
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
DuPont de Nemours
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

73.7% of LSB Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of LSB Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company 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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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LXU vs. The Competition

MetricLSB IndustriesIndustrial inorganic chemicals IndustryMulti-Sector SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$550.05M$25.26B$16.35B$19.11B
Dividend YieldN/A2.56%3.19%3.66%
P/E Ratio-36.5711.8312.0140.95
Price / Sales1.063.044.9417.54
Price / Cash5.8363.8413.0621.28
Price / Book1.109.492.195.29
Net Income$27.92M$680.75M$882.38M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-11.32%0.94%-4.14%-3.55%
1 Month Performance-14.19%-6.47%-4.48%-5.09%
1 Year Performance-19.92%4.49%-12.26%11.13%

LSB Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LXU
LSB Industries
3.2004 of 5 stars
$7.66
+0.1%
$10.25
+33.8%
-20.2%$548.62M$520.11M-36.47570Positive News
DD
DuPont de Nemours
4.7458 of 5 stars
$80.40
-0.5%
$95.42
+18.7%
+2.3%$33.60B$12.19B42.5524,000
PPG
PPG Industries
4.7051 of 5 stars
$123.56
-0.5%
$149.93
+21.3%
-19.2%$28.67B$18.25B19.6853,000Analyst Downgrade
DOW
DOW
4.5723 of 5 stars
$40.41
-1.1%
$54.25
+34.2%
-27.5%$28.29B$43.18B27.2435,900
EMN
Eastman Chemical
4.9533 of 5 stars
$96.82
-0.9%
$114.46
+18.2%
+2.3%$11.22B$9.34B13.0314,000
FMC
FMC
4.6851 of 5 stars
$52.12
-2.6%
$68.00
+30.5%
-20.1%$6.51B$4.17B4.606,600Analyst Forecast
OLN
Olin
4.934 of 5 stars
$35.79
-4.1%
$50.14
+40.1%
-38.0%$4.17B$6.83B29.037,326
HUN
Huntsman
4.5934 of 5 stars
$18.89
-0.8%
$25.43
+34.6%
-28.7%$3.27B$5.99B-27.616,000
TROX
Tronox
3.9819 of 5 stars
$10.48
-1.3%
$18.00
+71.8%
-28.0%$1.66B$2.85B-22.126,500Positive News
KRO
Kronos Worldwide
2.6771 of 5 stars
$10.25
-0.2%
$12.00
+17.1%
-2.9%$1.18B$1.86B12.682,196News Coverage
VHI
Valhi
0.9849 of 5 stars
$23.90
-0.2%
$20.00
-16.3%
+33.4%$676.37M$1.92B7.672,196

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This page (NYSE:LXU) was last updated on 12/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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