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AdvanSix (ASIX) vs Lsb Industries Inc. (LXU)

AdvanSix and Lsb Industries Inc. are both Chemicals companies. Lsb Industries Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $745.2M against $438.5M — 1.7× the size. AdvanSix has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Lsb Industries Inc. trades at 16.6×. Lsb Industries Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 13.0% against 8.37%. Lsb Industries Inc. has the higher net margin (6.95% vs −1.40%) and the higher return on invested capital (5.80% vs −1.14%). Across the 21 metrics below, Lsb Industries Inc. leads on 15 and AdvanSix on 6.

Valuation

Metric ASIX LXU Chemicals median
P/E n/m 16.63 12.81
P/S 0.27 1.14 0.30
P/B 0.56 1.35 1.10
Price to free cash flow 113.17 11.76 10.05
EV/EBITDA 9.68 6.09 8.77
EV/Sales 0.42 1.50 0.75
Earnings yield (5.19%) 6.01% (7.34%)
Free cash flow yield 0.88% 8.50% 5.30%

Profitability

Metric ASIX LXU Chemicals median
Gross margin 4.55% 19.90% 12.29%
Operating margin (1.16%) 11.18% 0.62%
Net margin (1.40%) 6.95% (2.20%)
Free cash flow margin 0.24% 9.70% 3.29%
Return on equity (2.82%) 8.65% (2.82%)
Return on assets (1.35%) 3.87% (1.47%)
Return on invested capital (1.14%) 5.80% 0.01%

Growth

Metric ASIX LXU Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.37% 13.02% 3.88%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 11.11% 225.93% (39.53%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.62% 11.86% 2.41%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 1.36% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ASIX LXU Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.34 0.79 0.59
Current ratio 1.20 3.01 1.76
Net debt to EBITDA 1.39 2.15 3.49

Dividend

Metric ASIX LXU Chemicals median
Dividend yield 3.96% — 4.16%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric ASIX LXU Chemicals median
Market cap 438.50m 745.23m 761.67m

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