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After finishing at $8.48 in the prior trading day, LSB Industries, Inc (NYSE: LXU) closed at $8.74, up 3.07%. In other words, the price has increased by $3.07 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.53 million shares were traded. LXU stock price reached its highest trading level at $8.83 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $8.36.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of LXU by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.16 and its Current Ratio is at 2.84. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.98 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.96.
On January 13, 2025, Piper Sandler Upgraded its rating to Overweight which previously was Underweight and also upped its target price recommendation from $9 to $11.
UBS Upgraded its Neutral to Buy on October 10, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $9.50 to $11.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 11 ’25 when CHERYL MAGUIRE bought 19,600 shares for $9.25 per share.
CHERYL MAGUIRE bought 5,400 shares of LXU for $49,626 on Oct 30 ’25. On Oct 06 ’25, another insider, MICHAEL FOSTER, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 28,300 shares for $8.99 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, LXU now has a Market Capitalization of 628794880 and an Enterprise Value of 971126912. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.07 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.25. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.66 whereas that against EBITDA is 8.68.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LXU is 0.81, which has changed by -0.022371352 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1028198 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LXU has reached a high of $9.98, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $4.88. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.82%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 13.17%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 393.65K shares per day over the past 3-months and 469890 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 72.00M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 48.77M. Insiders hold about 32.24% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 59.55% stake in the company. Shares short for LXU as of 1761868800 were 1611652 with a Short Ratio of 4.09, compared to 1759190400 on 1873420. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1611652 and a Short% of Float of 3.01.
Earnings Estimates
The firm’s stock currently is rated by 2.0 analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.12, with high estimates of $0.14 and low estimates of $0.1.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0.46 and $0.41 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.43. EPS for the following year is $0.36, with 2.0 analysts recommending between $0.38 and $0.33.
Revenue Estimates
2 analysts predict $162.31M in revenue for. The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $166.96M to a low estimate of $157.66M. As of. The current estimate, LSB Industries, Inc’s year-ago sales were $134.91MFor the next quarter, 2 analysts are estimating revenue of $153.35M. There is a high estimate of $156.63M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $150.08M.
A total of 4 analysts have provided revenue estimates for LXU’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $617.12M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $574M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $603.23M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $522.4MBased on 5 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $581.09M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $606M and the low estimate is $523.72M.
