Lsb Industries (NYSE:LXU – Get Free Report) and Tosoh (OTCMKTS:TOSCF – Get Free Report) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Profitability
This table compares Lsb Industries and Tosoh’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Lsb Industries | 4.00% | 4.90% | 2.13% |
| Tosoh | 3.29% | 5.95% | 4.02% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Lsb Industries and Tosoh”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Lsb Industries | $615.21 million | 1.80 | $24.61 million | $0.34 | 45.31 |
| Tosoh | $6.98 billion | 0.78 | $382.82 million | $0.72 | 23.61 |
Tosoh has higher revenue and earnings than Lsb Industries. Tosoh is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lsb Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
73.7% of Lsb Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Lsb Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Lsb Industries and Tosoh, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Lsb Industries | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.20 |
| Tosoh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Lsb Industries presently has a consensus target price of $11.94, indicating a potential downside of 22.51%. Given Lsb Industries’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Lsb Industries is more favorable than Tosoh.
Volatility and Risk
Lsb Industries has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tosoh has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Lsb Industries beats Tosoh on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Lsb Industries
LSB Industries, Inc. engages in the manufacture, marketing, and sale of chemical products. The company provides nitrogen-based fertilizers, such as ammonia, fertilizer grade high density ammonium nitrate (HDAN), and urea ammonia nitrate for fertilizer for corn, pastures, and other crops, as well as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (NPK) fertilizer blends application. It also offers high purity and commercial grade ammonia, high purity ammonium nitrate, sulfuric acids, mixed nitrating acids, carbon dioxide, and diesel exhaust fluids, as well as concentrated, and blended and regular nitric acids for various applications, including semiconductor, nylon, and polyurethane intermediates, ammonium nitrate, and metal processing; chemical feedstocks, emissions abatement, water treatments, and refrigerants; pulp and paper, aluminum, water treatment, metals, and vanadium processing; abatement for diesel vehicles; and food refrigeration, dry ice, and enhanced oil recovery. In addition, the company provides industrial grade and low density ammonium nitrate, and ammonium nitrate for explosives mining, quarries, and other blasting activities. It sells its products through distributors, as well as directly to end customers in the United States and other parts of North America. The company serves to the agricultural, industrial, and mining markets. LSB Industries, Inc. was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
About Tosoh
Tosoh Corporation manufactures and sells basic chemicals, petrochemicals, specialty products, and fine chemicals worldwide. It operates through four segments: Petrochemical, Chlor-Alkali, Specialty, and Engineering. The company provides advance materials, including battery, fabricated quartzware, silica glass, thin film depositions, zeolites for catalysts and molecular sieves, zirconia injection mold components and compounds, zirconia grinding and dispersion media, and zirconia fine beads and powders. It also offers chromatographic columns, and media and diagnostic systems; clinical diagnostic systems; Portland cement and blast-furnace slag cement; and caustic soda, vinyl chloride monomer, calcium hypochlorite, and sodium bicarbonate. In addition, the company provides ethylene, propylene, C4 fraction, tertiary butyl alcohol, cumene, and aromatic compounds; and ethyleneamines, bromine, hydrobromic acids, flame retardants, non-aqueous solvents, chelating agents, ethylene dichloride, and sodium styrenesulfonate. Further, it offers polymers, such as ethylene vinyl-acetate copolymers, adhesive polymers, low and high-density polyethylene products, synthetic rubbers, functional polymers, and polyvinyl chloride pastes; and polyurethanes (PU), including methylene diphenyl diisocyanate, toluene diisocyanate, hexamethylene diisocyanate, adhesives, coating resins, elastomers, polyisocyanates for PU paints, and polyols. The company manufactures and sells water treatment systems; and engages in the construction and repair businesses. It serves chemical and petrochemical, construction, automotive, consumer electronics, information technology, bioscience, and environmental markets. The company was incorporated in 1935 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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