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Huntsman Corporation (HUN) vs Lsb Industries Inc. (LXU)

Huntsman Corporation and Lsb Industries Inc. are both Chemicals companies. Huntsman Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $1.7B against $745.2M — 2.3× the size. Huntsman Corporation has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Lsb Industries Inc. trades at 16.8×. Lsb Industries Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 13.0% against 6.49%. Lsb Industries Inc. has the higher net margin (6.95% vs −2.81%) and the higher return on invested capital (5.80% vs 0.01%). Across the 19 metrics below, Lsb Industries Inc. leads on 15 and Huntsman Corporation on 4.

Valuation

Metric HUN LXU Chemicals median
P/E n/m 16.80 12.71
P/S 0.26 1.15 0.29
P/B 0.56 1.37 0.97
Price to free cash flow n/m 11.88 9.73
EV/EBITDA 11.01 6.14 8.64
EV/Sales 0.54 1.51 0.73
Earnings yield (9.88%) 5.95% (7.45%)
Free cash flow yield (5.21%) 8.41% 5.27%

Profitability

Metric HUN LXU Chemicals median
Gross margin 13.47% 19.90% 12.29%
Operating margin 0.02% 11.18% 0.62%
Net margin (2.81%) 6.95% (2.20%)
Free cash flow margin (1.38%) 9.70% 3.29%
Return on equity (5.86%) 8.65% (2.82%)
Return on assets (2.44%) 3.87% (1.47%)
Return on invested capital 0.01% 5.80% 0.01%

Growth

Metric HUN LXU Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.49% 13.02% 3.88%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (50.00%) 225.93% (39.53%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 0.95% 11.86% 2.41%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric HUN LXU Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.70 0.79 0.42
Current ratio 1.35 3.01 1.76
Net debt to EBITDA 10.14 2.15 3.49

Dividend

Metric HUN LXU Chemicals median
Dividend yield 3.72% — 4.15%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric HUN LXU Chemicals median
Market cap 1.72b 745.23m 745.23m

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