LSB Industries, Inc. (LXU)Basic Materials | Chemicals | Oklahoma City, United States | NYSE
10.75 USD
+0.29
(2.753%)
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(Oct. 16, 2026, 11:26 a.m.
EDT)
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Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 7:29 a.m. EDT
LSB Industries presents a classic value trap scenario where the market has priced out the business despite a technically cheap valuation. While the forward P/E looks attractive at 9.2x, the company is trapped in a multi-year structural decline with three consecutive years of negative annual returns, dragging the stock down from a high of $17.22 to under $10. The core issue is deteriorating profitability; operating margins are currently negative (-1.6%), and the company failed to capitalize on its recent revenue growth, which likely inflated expectations that are now being corrected. The balance sheet is fragile, with debt nearly doubling equity, making it vulnerable to any further margin compression. Although analysts see a path to recovery, the recent price action shows the stock struggling to hold above key moving averages, and the absence of any dividend support leaves investors exposed to pure capital loss risk. The options market reflects this tension, with traders buying deep protection for the long term while hoping for a short-term bounce, but the fundamental reality remains bleak. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.066833 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.082794 |
| AutoETS | 0.082935 |
| MSTL | 0.083709 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 46% |
| H-stat | 0.25 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.372 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.03 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1998-12-28 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 90.807 |
| Revenue per Share | 9.129 |
| Market Cap | 773,829,184 |
| Trailing P/E | 21.93 |
| Forward P/E | 10.09 |
| Beta | 0.44 |
| Profit Margins | 5.58% |
| Website | https://www.lsbindustries.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 7:29 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy put open interest at deep strikes ($2.50, $7.50) for the 2028 expiration, suggesting a fear of significant long-term downside. Conversely, call volume is concentrated at out-of-the-money strikes ($12.50, $15.00) for near-term expirations, indicating a speculative hope for a quick rebound to test previous highs, while the lack of call volume beyond one year suggests skepticism about sustained recovery.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.2617612 |
| Address1 | 3,503 NW 63rd Street |
| Address2 | Suite 500 |
| All Time High | 37.853848 |
| All Time Low | 0.288462 |
| Ask | 10.74 |
| Ask Size | 400 |
| Audit Risk | 9 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.0 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 699,970 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 813,125 |
| Average Volume | 813,125 |
| Average Volume10Days | 699,970 |
| Beta | 0.44 |
| Bid | 10.72 |
| Bid Size | 800 |
| Board Risk | 8 |
| Book Value | 7.489 |
| City | Oklahoma City |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 2 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 10.748 |
| Current Ratio | 2.426 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 10.955 |
| Day Low | 10.66 |
| Debt To Equity | 90.807 |
| Display Name | LSB Industries |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,793,304,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,793,304,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,793,217,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,217,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,217,600 |
| Ebitda | 150,591,008 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.22884001 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 6.805 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.557 |
| Enterprise Value | 1,024,762,880 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.94942 |
| Eps Forward | 1.0653 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.49 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 914,889,600 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 20 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 405 236 3759 |
| Fifty Day Average | 10.4746 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.2734003 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.026101265 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 26.176119 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 17.22 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -6.471999 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.375842 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 8.12 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 2.6280003 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.32364535 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 8.12 - 17.22 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 315,671,400,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 1.1 |
| Float Shares | 59,058,113 |
| Forward Eps | 1.0653 |
| Forward P E | 10.089177 |
| Free Cashflow | 89,847,872 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 513 |
| Fullday Change | 0.2880001 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 2.7533472 |
| Fullday Price | 10.748 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | 0.17323999 |
| Gross Profits | 114,000,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.18681999 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.71241 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 71,997,504 |
| Industry | Chemicals |
| Industry Disp | Chemicals |
| Industry Key | chemicals |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,633,996,800 |
| Last Split Factor | 13:10 |
| Long Business Summary | LSB Industries, Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells chemical products in the United States. The company offers ammonia and urea ammonia nitrate for agricultural applications. It also provides high purity and commercial grade ammonia, high purity ammonium nitrate, sulfuric acids, concentrated, blended and regular nitric acid, mixed nitrating acids, carbon dioxide, industrial grade ammonium nitrate, and ammonium nitrate for industrial applications. It sells its products to farmers, ranchers, fertilizer dealers, and distributors primarily in the ranch land and grain production markets, as well as industrial users of acids and explosive manufacturers. LSB Industries, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. |
| Long Name | LSB Industries, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 773,829,184 |
| Market State | REGULAR |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_284668 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 36,743,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 739,414,366 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 5 |
| Open | 10.76 |
| Operating Cashflow | 181,675,008 |
| Operating Margins | -0.01631 |
| Overall Risk | 5 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.42 |
| Phone | 405 235 4546 |
| Previous Close | 10.46 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 11.320596 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.4351716 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.1759267 |
| Profit Margins | 0.05584 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.9 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.2880001 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 2.7533472 |
| Regular Market Day High | 10.955 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 10.66 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 10.66 - 10.955 |
| Regular Market Open | 10.76 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 10.46 |
| Regular Market Price | 10.748 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,164,406 |
| Regular Market Volume | 400,084 |
| Return On Assets | 0.03536 |
| Return On Equity | 0.071 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.111 |
| Revenue Per Share | 9.129 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.16207206 |
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Sector Disp | Basic Materials |
| Sector Key | basic-materials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 5 |
| Shares Outstanding | 71,997,504 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.053400002 |
| Shares Short | 3,845,261 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 3,417,502 |
| Short Name | LSB Industries, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0706 |
| Short Ratio | 4.72 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | OK |
| Symbol | LXU |
| Target High Price | 18.0 |
| Target Low Price | 11.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 13.0 |
| Target Median Price | 12.0 |
| Total Cash | 217,980,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 3.028 |
| Total Debt | 489,648,992 |
| Total Revenue | 658,059,008 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.49 |
| Trailing P E | 21.934694 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 11.7113 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.96329975 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.08225387 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 400,084 |
| Website | https://www.lsbindustries.com |
| Zip | 73,116-2238 |