Both in Industrial Chemicals

LSB INDUSTRIES vs Valhi

Over the past year LXU returned +30.9% and VHI returned +9.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.19.

LXU +30.9% VHI +9.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricLXUVHI
Price$11.05$14.80
Market cap$795.6M$419.2M
Today−4.08%+4.89%
1 month+12.1%−0.6%
6 months−23.1%+3.4%
Year to date+30.0%+22.8%
1 year+33.5%+5.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+2.0%+12.2%
Gross margin27.2%19.8%
Net margin10.3%3.7%
P/E (TTM)17.3×—
Price / sales1.2×0.2×
Net cash-$238.7M-$375.1M
Dividend yield—2.16%
Volatility (60d)43.8%40.6%
Short % of float6.1%2.8%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).