LCII vs LXFR vs OPTX Stock Comparison

Lci Industries, Luxfer Holdings and Syntec Optics Holdings Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LCII Lci Industries
$104.28 +26.1% 1M -2.4% 1Y
Market cap
$2.54B
P/E
12.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.03B
Div. yield
4.41%
Metal Fabrication Industrials
8 wins
LXFR Luxfer Holdings Plc
$17.31 +0.3% 1M +40.0% 1Y
Market cap
$463.21M
P/E
74.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$355.20M
Div. yield
2.25%
Metal Fabrication Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Lci Industries leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Lci Industries 8, Syntec Optics Holdings 2, Luxfer Holdings 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLCIILXFROPTXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.54B $463.21M $183.68M LCII
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 12.0x 74.7x -74.0x LCII
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 12.7x 17.5x — LCII
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +4.1% -11.8% +1.5% LCII
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 5.2% 1.7% -8.3% LCII
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.7% 5.2% — LCII
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.5x 1.2x -11.7x OPTX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 4.41% 2.25% — LCII
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -2.4% +40.0% +90.0% OPTX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -7.1%/yr -4.7%/yr — LXFR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 37.5% 32.5% 137.5% LXFR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 70/100 52/100 31/100 LCII

Percentile Scorecard

LCIILXFROPTX

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisLCIILXFROPTX
Valuation 97 #8 of 204 59 #84 of 204 5 #193 of 204
Growth 58 #81 of 191 17 #158 of 191 5 #181 of 191
Profitability 62 #72 of 189 38 #117 of 189 16 #159 of 189
Financial Health 46 #119 of 221 66 #77 of 221 96 #11 of 221
Shareholder Returns 86 #23 of 159 79 #34 of 159 –
Overall 70 52 31
  • LCII ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • LXFR ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • OPTX ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodLCIILXFROPTXSPY
1 month +26.1%+0.3%-53.5% -1.0%
3 months -3.0%+1.2%-40.5% -0.4%
6 months -10.8%+9.4%-40.2% +4.5%
Year to date -14.1%+27.9%+59.4% +12.4%
1 year -2.4%+40.0%+90.0% +13.6%
3 years -11.3%+100.8%-51.0% +76.4%
3 years, per year -3.9%+26.2%-21.2% +20.8%
5 years -30.8%-21.4%— +63.7%
5 years, per year -7.1%-4.7%— +10.4%
10 years +20.4%—— +267.7%
10 years, per year +1.9%—— +13.9%

Risk

MeasureLCIILXFROPTXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 37.5%32.5%137.5% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 36.3%37.9%117.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.880.903.50 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.061.230.65 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -53.5%-67.3%-93.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -33.6%-9.3%-67.7% -1.6%
52-week high $157.13$19.08$14.11 $779.14
52-week low $78.16$11.51$1.25 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleLCIILXFROPTX
P/E now vs peer median 12.0xmedian 25.5x 74.7xmedian 25.5x -74.0xmedian 25.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 1.9x 1.3xmedian 1.9x 6.3xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.5xmedian 14.4x 15.6xmedian 14.4x 178.3xmedian 14.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 8.8xmedian 23.3x 24.5xmedian 23.3x -450.2xmedian 23.3x
P/B now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 2.2x 2.1xmedian 2.2x 6.0xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.32median 1.16 56.62median 1.16 1.46median 1.16

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsLCIILXFROPTX
Revenue $4.03B $355.20M $29.24M
Gross profit $1.03B $89.00M $5.73M
Operating income $301.92M $22.40M -$1.35M
Net income $211.27M $6.20M -$2.41M
Free cash flow $286.96M $18.90M -$407.99K
R&D – $5.60M –
EPS (diluted) $8.66 $0.23 $-0.06
Cash & equivalents $216.51M $19.90M $14.05M
Total debt $852.59M $57.70M $2.76M
Shares (diluted) 24.39M 27.30M 39.19M
Enterprise value $1.75B $408.71M $168.08M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricLCIILXFROPTX
P/E 12.0x 74.7x -74.0x
P/FCF 8.8x 24.5x -450.2x
P/Operating cash flow 7.3x 15.4x 261.6x
P/S 0.6x 1.3x 6.3x
P/B 1.8x 2.1x 6.0x
P/Tangible book 2.4x 2.2x 6.0x
EV/EBITDA 7.5x 15.6x 178.3x
EV/EBIT 10.5x 22.4x -127.3x
EV/Revenue 0.8x 1.4x 5.9x
EV/FCF 11.1x 26.5x -422.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 9.2x 16.7x 245.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.32 56.62 1.46

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLCIILXFROPTX
Revenue growth (1Y) 4.1% -11.8% 1.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 0.1% -5.9% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 13.4% -3.1% -14.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 8.7% 2.9% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 26.3% 0.0% -43.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 29.3% -4.2% -56.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 38.8% -56.6% -53.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 35.5% 1.7% -52.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 43.1% -56.9% -44.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 37.4% 1.3% -50.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 1.9% -31.4% -40.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -13.1% 0.7% -37.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -3.4% -47.6% -0.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -12.9% 0.2% -30.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLCIILXFROPTX
Gross margin 25.7% 25.1% 19.6%
EBITDA margin 10.5% 9.1% 3.3%
Operating margin 7.5% 6.3% -4.6%
Pretax margin 7.1% 5.2% -6.8%
Net margin 5.2% 1.7% -8.3%
FCF margin 7.1% 5.3% -1.4%
Operating cash flow margin 8.6% 8.4% 2.4%
Return on equity 15.0% 2.8% -12.3%
Return on assets 6.5% 1.6% -7.7%
Return on invested capital 9.7% 5.2% –
Return on capital employed 11.4% 7.3% -5.2%
Asset turnover 1.2x 0.9x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 4.8x -0.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% 1.1% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLCIILXFROPTX
Debt / assets 26.1% 15.1% 7.1%
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.3x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.5x 1.2x -11.7x
Debt / FCF 3.0x 3.1x -6.8x
Liabilities / assets 56.2% 42.1% 21.5%
Equity / assets 43.8% 57.9% 78.5%
Interest coverage – 6.6x –
Current ratio 2.5x 2.5x 6.0x
Quick ratio 1.0x 1.1x 4.3x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.3x 2.8x
Altman Z-score 3.27 3.57 14.80

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLCIILXFROPTX
Dividend yield 4.4% 2.3% –
Net buyback yield 0.3% 0.6% –
Shareholder yield 4.7% 2.8% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusLCIILXFROPTX
Forward P/E 12.7xFY2026 17.5xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $8.18FY2026 $0.99FY2026 –
EPS growth, next FY +9.7%FY2026 -10.8%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +18.7% +41.4% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.16BFY2026 $386.72MFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY +1.1%FY2026 +4.2%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after +4.9% +2.6% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLCIILXFROPTX
Held by institutions 100.0% 91.6% 12.3%
Institutions holding 360 138 62
Change in shares held, QoQ -3.1% -1.6% +244.7%
Institutions buying 181 76 51
Institutions selling 123 42 8
Buyers to sellers 1.47 1.81 6.38

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

LCIILXFROPTX
LCII 1.00 0.26 0.06
LXFR 0.26 1.00 0.19
OPTX 0.06 0.19 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LCII, LXFR and OPTX?

Lci Industries (LCII) is the largest by market capitalisation: Lci Industries (LCII) $2.54B, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) $463.21M, Syntec Optics Holdings (OPTX) $183.68M.

Which stock is cheaper, LCII, LXFR and OPTX?

Lci Industries (LCII) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Lci Industries (LCII) 12.0x, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 74.7x, Syntec Optics Holdings (OPTX) -74.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Lci Industries (LCII) is cheapest (Lci Industries (LCII) 12.7x, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 17.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Lci Industries (LCII) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Lci Industries (LCII) +4.1%, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) -11.8%, Syntec Optics Holdings (OPTX) +1.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Lci Industries (LCII) has the highest net margin (Lci Industries (LCII) 5.2%, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 1.7%, Syntec Optics Holdings (OPTX) -8.3%). On return on invested capital, Lci Industries (LCII) leads (Lci Industries (LCII) 9.7%, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 5.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Syntec Optics Holdings (OPTX) returned the most: Lci Industries (LCII) -2.4%, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) +40.0%, Syntec Optics Holdings (OPTX) +90.0%. Over five years, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) compounded fastest (Lci Industries (LCII) -7.1%/yr, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) -4.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Lci Industries (LCII) has the highest dividend yield: Lci Industries (LCII) 4.41%, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 2.25%. Syntec Optics Holdings (OPTX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) has been the steadiest (Lci Industries (LCII) 37.5%, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 32.5%, Syntec Optics Holdings (OPTX) 137.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, LCII, LXFR and OPTX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Lci Industries (LCII) leads on 8. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.