LXFR vs. QUAD, DM, TWIN, IPAX, GHM, PKOH, NWPX, IPX, EML, and NNBR
Should you be buying Luxfer stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Luxfer include Quad/Graphics (QUAD), Desktop Metal (DM), Twin Disc (TWIN), Inflection Point Acquisition (IPAX), Graham (GHM), Park-Ohio (PKOH), Northwest Pipe (NWPX), IperionX (IPX), Eastern (EML), and NN (NNBR). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Luxfer (NYSE:LXFR) and Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Luxfer has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Quad/Graphics. Luxfer is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quad/Graphics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Luxfer received 13 more outperform votes than Quad/Graphics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.13% of users gave Luxfer an outperform vote while only 65.07% of users gave Quad/Graphics an outperform vote.
Quad/Graphics has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 99.12%. Given Quad/Graphics' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Quad/Graphics is more favorable than Luxfer.
Luxfer pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Quad/Graphics pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Luxfer pays out -649.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quad/Graphics pays out -17.4% 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. Luxfer is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
90.8% of Luxfer shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.5% of Quad/Graphics shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Luxfer shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Quad/Graphics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Quad/Graphics had 14 more articles in the media than Luxfer. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Quad/Graphics and 1 mentions for Luxfer. Quad/Graphics' average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Luxfer's score of 0.00 indicating that Quad/Graphics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Luxfer has a net margin of -0.47% compared to Quad/Graphics' net margin of -1.87%. Quad/Graphics' return on equity of 18.28% beat Luxfer's return on equity.
Luxfer has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quad/Graphics has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Luxfer beats Quad/Graphics on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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