How LSB Industries, Inc. stacks up

LXU · against 204 other Basic Materials companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

51/ 100

Below the middle of the pack.

Ranked #117 of 205 · scores higher than 43% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

14 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including LXU · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 51?

Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.

Its metrics sit close to the Basic Materials norm.

Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 5.1% vs peer median 6.7%
Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 3.0% vs peer median 2.5%
Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 9.5% vs peer median 7.6%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = LXU, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	LXU	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 198 reported	5.1%	8.0%	40%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 192 reported	9.5%	11.2%	45%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 223 reported	3.0%	2.7%	51%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 213 reported	7.1%	6.5%	50%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 226 reported	17.3%	29.7%	32%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around LXU

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	AngloGold Ashanti plcAU · US-listed	44.5B USD	98	88
1	CF Industries Holdings, Inc.CF · US-listed	16.9B USD	98	88
1	DRDGOLD LimitedDRD · US-listed	2.1B USD	98	88
1	Gold Fields LimitedGFI · US-listed	32.7B USD	98	82
1	Mako Mining Corp.MAKO · US-listed	691M USD	98	78
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114	Avient CorporationAVNT · US-listed	4.4B USD	52	46
114	Braskem S.A.BAK · US-listed	446M USD	52	38
114	Compass Minerals International, Inc.CMP · US-listed	976M USD	52	52
117	Quaker Chemical CorporationKWR · US-listed	2.7B USD	51	51
117	LSB Industries, Inc.LXU · US-listed	766M USD	51	69
119	Celanese CorporationCE · US-listed	5.5B USD	48	38
119	Sylvamo CorporationSLVM · US-listed	1.3B USD	48	40
121	DuPont de Nemours, Inc.DD · US-listed	20.4B USD	47	59
122	CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V.CX · US-listed	15.8B USD	46	40

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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