Trinseo (TSE) Competitors

Luxfer (NYSE:LXFR) and Trinseo (NYSE:TSE) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LXFR or TSE?

Trinseo received 58 more outperform votes than Luxfer when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.51% of users gave Luxfer an outperform vote while only 60.52% of users gave Trinseo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Luxfer	Outperform Votes 290 66.51%	Underperform Votes 146 33.49%
Trinseo	Outperform Votes 348 60.52%	Underperform Votes 227 39.48%

Which has more volatility and risk, LXFR or TSE?

Luxfer has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trinseo has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor LXFR or TSE?

In the previous week, Trinseo had 2 more articles in the media than Luxfer. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Trinseo and 1 mentions for Luxfer. Luxfer's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Trinseo's score of -0.33 indicating that Luxfer is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Luxfer	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Trinseo	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is LXFR or TSE a better dividend stock?

Luxfer pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Trinseo pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Luxfer pays out 157.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Trinseo pays out -0.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, LXFR or TSE?

Luxfer has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Trinseo. Trinseo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Luxfer, 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
Luxfer	$384.40M	0.99	-$1.90M	$0.33	42.88
Trinseo	$3.68B	0.04	-$701.30M	-$14.06	-0.29

Is LXFR or TSE more profitable?

Luxfer has a net margin of 2.37% compared to Trinseo's net margin of -14.04%. Luxfer's return on equity of 9.26% beat Trinseo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Luxfer	2.37%	9.26%	5.13%
Trinseo	-14.04%	N/A	-9.64%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LXFR or TSE?

90.8% of Luxfer shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Trinseo shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Luxfer shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Trinseo shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Luxfer beats Trinseo on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.