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 19.8 vs a 14.8 median over 12 quarters (+34% 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 19.8× earnings against 20.6× for the median Basic Materials name, cheaper than its own group.
Trailing P/E · Basic Materials median 20.6 · cheaper than the typical name in its group
- Price / sales
- 1.19
Price / sales · as of 2026-Q2
- Free cash flow yield
- 14%
Free cash flow yield · Chemicals median 14%
- Growth the price implies
- −8.0%
Growth the price implies · The price pays for −8.0% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered −16% a year over the last three.
Details›
- Price / bookas of 2026-Q2
- 1.45
- EV / EBITas of 2026-Q2
- 16.1
- EV / salesas of 2026-Q2
- 1.53
- Basic Materials median P/E202 names
- 20.6
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $97M
- Market capitalisation72.0 million shares, counted Jul 24, 2026
- $713M
- 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 | $9.90 |
Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.
What is it worth?
Today's price against what its own multiples, its cash flow and your growth assumption say it is worth.
Against its own past
Its multiples now against their own history, and how much of the price move came from earnings rather than the multiple.