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How LSB Industries, Inc. stacks up
LXU · against 1,333 other Basic Materials companies
Profitability
51/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #648 of 1,334 · scores higher than 51% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score134 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 | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 1,260 reported | 5.1% | 6.7% | 42% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 1,304 reported | 9.5% | 7.6% | 59% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 1,270 reported | 3.0% | 2.5% | 56% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 1,254 reported | 7.1% | 5.5% | 56% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 1,372 reported | 17.3% | 21.5% | 41% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around LXU| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 387.1B INR (≈$4.6B) | 100 | 63 | |
| 1 | 2.22T INR (≈$26.7B) | 100 | 74 | |
| 1 | 583.2B INR (≈$7.0B) | 100 | 80 | |
| 4 | 49.8B HKD (≈$6.4B) | 98 | 74 | |
| 4 | 1.9B MYR (≈$416M) | 98 | 81 | |
| 648 | Unavailable | 51 | 48 | |
| 648 | 61.7B INR (≈$741M) | 51 | 61 | |
| 648 | 2.6B USD | 51 | 51 | |
| 648 | 2.0B AUD (≈$1.3B) | 51 | 52 | |
| 648 | 798M USD | 51 | 68 | |
| 648 | 2.5B AUD (≈$1.7B) | 51 | 54 | |
| 661 | 14.4B CNY (≈$2.0B) | 50 | 54 | |
| 661 | 35.8B CNY (≈$5.0B) | 50 | 36 | |
| 661 | 6.5B HKD (≈$837M) | 50 | 45 |
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