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Green Plains, Inc. (GPRE) vs Lsb Industries Inc. (LXU)

Green Plains, Inc. and Lsb Industries Inc. are both Chemicals companies. Green Plains, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $960.3M against $745.2M — 1.3× the size. Green Plains, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 7.7× against 16.6×. Lsb Industries Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 13.0% against −23.7%. Lsb Industries Inc. has the higher net margin (6.95% vs 6.78%) and the lower return on invested capital (5.80% vs 7.48%). Across the 21 metrics below, Green Plains, Inc. leads on 13 and Lsb Industries Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric GPRE LXU Chemicals median
P/E 7.73 16.63 12.81
P/S 0.52 1.14 0.30
P/B 1.10 1.35 1.10
Price to free cash flow 3.10 11.76 10.05
EV/EBITDA 5.17 6.09 8.77
EV/Sales 0.67 1.50 0.75
Earnings yield 12.93% 6.01% (7.34%)
Free cash flow yield 32.29% 8.50% 5.30%

Profitability

Metric GPRE LXU Chemicals median
Gross margin 16.03% 19.90% 12.29%
Operating margin 7.44% 11.18% 0.62%
Net margin 6.78% 6.95% (2.20%)
Free cash flow margin 16.88% 9.70% 3.29%
Return on equity 15.40% 8.65% (2.82%)
Return on assets 7.58% 3.87% (1.47%)
Return on invested capital 7.48% 5.80% 0.01%

Growth

Metric GPRE LXU Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) (23.68%) 13.02% 3.88%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (39.53%) 225.93% (39.53%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 1.69% 11.86% 2.41%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric GPRE LXU Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.59 0.79 0.59
Current ratio 1.99 3.01 1.76
Net debt to EBITDA 3.49 2.15 3.49

Dividend

Metric GPRE LXU Chemicals median
Dividend yield — — 4.16%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric GPRE LXU Chemicals median
Market cap 960.30m 745.23m 761.67m

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