Trinseo (TSE) Competitors

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

Is TSE or LXFR a better dividend stock?

Trinseo pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Luxfer pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Trinseo pays out -0.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Luxfer pays out 57.8% 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 increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, 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	$3.51B	0.02	-$348.50M	-$10.97	-0.19
Luxfer	$391.90M	0.83	$18.40M	$0.90	13.57

Is TSE or LXFR more profitable?

Luxfer has a net margin of 6.02% compared to Trinseo's net margin of -11.96%. Luxfer's return on equity of 11.75% beat Trinseo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trinseo	-11.96%	N/A	-10.21%
Luxfer	6.02%	11.75%	6.80%

Does the media refer more to TSE or LXFR?

In the previous week, Trinseo had 4 more articles in the media than Luxfer. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Trinseo and 4 mentions for Luxfer. Luxfer's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Trinseo's score of -0.21 indicating that Luxfer is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Trinseo	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Luxfer	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in 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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Luxfer shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, TSE or LXFR?

Trinseo has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Luxfer has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Luxfer beats Trinseo on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.