Trinseo (TSE) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, TSE or LXFR?

Trinseo has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Luxfer has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TSE or LXFR a better dividend stock?

Trinseo pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Luxfer pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Trinseo pays out -0.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Luxfer pays out 66.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Trinseo has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of TSE or LXFR?

82.7% of Trinseo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Luxfer shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Trinseo shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Luxfer shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer TSE or LXFR?

In the previous week, Trinseo had 2 more articles in the media than Luxfer. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Trinseo and 0 mentions for Luxfer. Trinseo's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Luxfer'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Trinseo	Neutral
Luxfer	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TSE or LXFR?

Luxfer has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Trinseo	$3.39B	0.03	-$348.50M	-$9.94	-0.29
Luxfer	$391.90M	0.86	$18.40M	$0.78	15.82

Is TSE or LXFR more profitable?

Luxfer has a net margin of 5.31% compared to Trinseo's net margin of -10.37%. Luxfer's return on equity of 11.56% beat Trinseo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trinseo	-10.37%	N/A	-9.16%
Luxfer	5.31%	11.56%	6.54%

Summary

Luxfer beats Trinseo on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.