Huntsman Corp vs LSB Industries Inc

Huntsman Corp (HUN) is undervalued and LSB Industries Inc (LXU) is undervalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, HUN trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +57%, against +45% for LXU.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Huntsman Corp (HUN)

Its through-the-cycle earnings (7.0% median margin), capitalised at 7.6% with no growth, values the shares at $20.99; the price of $9.05 is 57% below that value.

Leak Score 56/100 on 8 of 12 signals

LSB Industries Inc (LXU)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.1% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $19.19; the price of $10.51 is 45% below that value, and 83% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 56/100 on 10 of 12 signals

MetricHUNLXU
VerdictUndervaluedUndervalued
Price$9.05$10.51
Intrinsic value$20.99$19.19
Margin of safety+57%+45%
Leak Score56/100 (8/12)56/100 (10/12)
Market cap$1.6B$757M
Revenue growth, 5 years-1.1%11.9%
Operating margin-0.1%9.5%
Net margin-2.9%5.6%
Return on equity-6.1%7.1%
Debt to equity0.930.91
P/E20.7x
Forward P/E82.2x14.3x
P/B0.6x1.4x
Dividend yield4.2%

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