LXULSB Industries, Inc.
Is the price fair?
Neither cheap nor expensive: nothing decisive, though modest expectations priced in.
Priced for a decline (~−8% a year). Little growth is priced in even as revenue fell 5% a year over three years, potential value, or a value trap.
In its normal range: P/E 20.3 vs a 14.8 median over 12 quarters (+37% vs median).
Where this answer is blind. The growth-implied estimate assumes a fixed discount rate; capital-heavy sectors look structurally rich on it.
What LXU's price assumes
LSB Industries, Inc. trades at 20.3× earnings against 21.2× for the median Basic Materials name, cheaper than its own group.
Trailing P/E · Basic Materials median 21.2 · cheaper than the typical name in its group
- Free cash flow yield
- 13%
Free cash flow yield · Chemicals median 13%
- Growth the price implies
- −7.7%
Growth the price implies · The price pays for −7.7% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered −16% a year over the last three.
Details›
- Basic Materials median P/E203 names
- 21.2
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $97M
- Market capitalisation
- $729M
- 3-year revenue growth
- −4.9%
- 3-year free cash flow growth
- −16%
| Method | Per share |
|---|---|
| Its own P/E history, lower quartile | $2.95 |
| Its own P/E history, median | $7.41 |
| Its own P/E history, upper quartile | $12.52 |
| 52-week range | $8.16 – $16.88 |
| Today | $10.13 |
Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.