SPLP vs. LXU, NPK, FBYD, VGR, BATRA, WOR, SRL, LIVE, VATE, and GEG
Should you be buying Steel Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Steel Partners include LSB Industries (LXU), National Presto Industries (NPK), Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD), Vector Group (VGR), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Scully Royalty (SRL), Live Ventures (LIVE), INNOVATE (VATE), and Great Elm Group (GEG). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.
LSB Industries (NYSE:LXU) and Steel Partners (NYSE:SPLP) are both small-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Steel Partners has a net margin of 8.27% compared to Steel Partners' net margin of 3.20%. LSB Industries' return on equity of 16.61% beat Steel Partners' return on equity.
Steel Partners has higher revenue and earnings than LSB Industries. Steel Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LSB Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
LSB Industries received 37 more outperform votes than Steel Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.85% of users gave Steel Partners an outperform vote while only 58.71% of users gave LSB Industries an outperform vote.
LSB Industries has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steel Partners has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Steel Partners had 2 more articles in the media than LSB Industries. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Steel Partners and 3 mentions for LSB Industries. LSB Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Steel Partners' score of 0.42 indicating that Steel Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
73.7% of LSB Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.8% of Steel Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of LSB Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 79.2% of Steel Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
LSB Industries presently has a consensus price target of $10.58, indicating a potential upside of 9.11%. Given Steel Partners' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe LSB Industries is more favorable than Steel Partners.
Summary
Steel Partners beats LSB Industries on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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