LXFR vs ACA vs IIIN Stock Comparison

Luxfer Holdings, Arcosa and Insteel Industries Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LXFR Luxfer Holdings Plc
$17.28 +0.1% 1M +27.2% 1Y
Market cap
$461.99M
P/E
57.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$363.20M
Div. yield
–
Metal Fabrication Industrials
2 wins
ACA Arcosa, Inc.
$149.18 +1.7% 1M +61.6% 1Y
Market cap
$7.33B
P/E
14.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.74B
Div. yield
0.13%
Metal Fabrication Industrials
9 wins
IIIN Insteel Industries Inc
$27.74 -6.2% 1M -9.9% 1Y
Market cap
$544.66M
P/E
15.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$707.68M
Div. yield
0.04%
Metal Fabrication Industrials
1 win

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Arcosa leads on 9 of the 12 questions below (Arcosa 9, Luxfer Holdings 2, Insteel Industries 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLXFRACAIIINLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $461.99M $7.33B $544.66M ACA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 57.7x 14.9x 15.0x ACA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 17.5x 33.6x 18.5x LXFR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -10.6% +9.7% +17.1% IIIN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 2.2% 17.9% 5.1% ACA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 4.6% 6.5% — ACA
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.4x 1.8x — LXFR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.13% 0.04% ACA
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +27.2% +61.6% -9.9% ACA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -3.9%/yr +23.0%/yr -5.3%/yr ACA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 33.2% 31.7% 41.4% ACA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 50/100 56/100 50/100 ACA

Percentile Scorecard

LXFRACAIIIN

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

AxisLXFRACAIIIN
Valuation 58 #86 of 203 48 #106 of 203 65 #72 of 203
Growth 14 #161 of 188 82 #34 of 188 23 #145 of 188
Profitability 39 #114 of 187 53 #89 of 187 44 #106 of 187
Financial Health 59 #91 of 222 58 #94 of 222 85 #35 of 222
Shareholder Returns 80 #32 of 153 41 #91 of 153 33 #103 of 153
Overall 50 56 50
  • LXFR ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • ACA ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • IIIN ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodLXFRACAIIINSPY
1 month +0.1%+1.7%-6.2% -1.0%
3 months +1.3%+2.9%-15.3% +2.9%
6 months +31.5%+24.1%+9.9% +6.4%
Year to date +27.7%+40.3%-12.4% +11.4%
1 year +27.2%+61.6%-9.9% +13.1%
3 years +95.9%+117.4%-1.5% +79.4%
3 years, per year +25.1%+29.6%-0.5% +21.5%
5 years -18.1%+181.9%-23.8% +67.7%
5 years, per year -3.9%+23.0%-5.3% +10.9%
10 years ——+0.1% +255.2%
10 years, per year ——+0.0% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureLXFRACAIIINSPY
Volatility, 1Y 33.2%31.7%41.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 39.2%32.9%51.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.940.950.96 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.821.94-0.24 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -67.3%-36.7%-49.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -9.4%0.0%-27.2% -2.5%
52-week high $19.08$149.18$38.11 $779.14
52-week low $11.51$92.25$24.48 $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.

MultipleLXFRACAIIIN
P/E now vs peer median 57.8xmedian 25.9x 14.9xmedian 25.9x 14.8xmedian 25.9x
P/S now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 1.9x 2.7xmedian 1.9x 0.8xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 15.5xmedian 13.7x 15.2xmedian 13.7x 8.0xmedian 13.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 27.5xmedian 21.1x 54.9xmedian 21.1x -55.0xmedian 21.1x
P/B now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 2.3x 2.5xmedian 2.3x 1.4xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median -2.98median 1.19 0.75median 1.19 -1.40median 1.19

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 monthsLXFRACAIIIN
Revenue $363.20M $2.74B $707.68M
Gross profit $90.20M $632.30M $83.27M
Operating income $22.70M $322.70M $46.42M
Net income $8.00M $491.40M $36.38M
Free cash flow $16.80M $133.40M -$9.76M
R&D $5.10M – –
EPS (diluted) $0.29 $9.99 $1.87
Cash & equivalents $11.50M $432.10M $22.95M
Total debt – $1.44B –
Shares (diluted) 27.22M 49.20M 19.49M
Enterprise value $421.39M $6.31B $452.40M

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
MetricLXFRACAIIIN
P/E 57.8x 14.9x 14.8x
P/FCF 27.5x 54.9x -55.0x
P/Operating cash flow 17.8x 21.5x 526.0x
P/S 1.3x 2.7x 0.8x
P/B 2.1x 2.5x 1.4x
P/Tangible book 2.2x 2.7x 1.5x
EV/EBITDA 15.5x 15.2x 8.0x
EV/EBIT 22.4x 25.8x 11.1x
EV/Revenue 1.4x 3.0x 0.7x
EV/FCF 30.3x 62.4x -52.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 19.6x 24.4x 503.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -2.98 0.75 -1.40

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLXFRACAIIIN
Revenue growth (1Y) -10.6% 9.7% 17.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -5.4% 7.0% 0.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -1.3% 20.7% 8.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -0.1% 14.2% -3.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) -33.6% 61.3% 21.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -14.7% -5.6% -8.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -67.1% 433.0% 16.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -19.3% 20.2% -10.7%
EPS growth (1Y) -67.2% 430.8% 17.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -19.4% 19.8% -10.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -42.4% -23.1% -98.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 6.7% 16.1% -77.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -52.8% -54.9% -118.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.8% 54.7% -29.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLXFRACAIIIN
Gross margin 24.8% 23.0% 11.8%
EBITDA margin 9.0% 19.9% 9.1%
Operating margin 6.3% 11.8% 6.6%
Pretax margin 5.4% 8.4% 6.7%
Net margin 2.2% 17.9% 5.1%
FCF margin 4.6% 4.9% -1.4%
Operating cash flow margin 7.2% 12.4% 0.1%
Return on equity 3.6% 17.4% 9.9%
Return on assets 2.0% 9.5% 7.8%
Return on invested capital 4.6% 6.5% –
Return on capital employed 7.3% 6.9% 11.9%
Asset turnover 0.9x 0.5x 1.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 3.3x 0.7x 0.0x
Stock comp / revenue 1.1% 0.9% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLXFRACAIIIN
Debt / assets 15.0% 27.1% –
Debt / equity 0.3x 0.5x –
Net debt / EBITDA 1.4x 1.8x –
Debt / FCF 3.5x 10.8x –
Liabilities / assets 42.8% 43.7% 21.6%
Equity / assets 57.2% 56.3% 78.4%
Interest coverage 7.3x 3.3x 773.6x
Current ratio 2.3x 3.1x 3.6x
Quick ratio 1.0x 2.2x 1.3x
Cash ratio 0.1x 1.0x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 3.50 3.18 6.24

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLXFRACAIIIN
Dividend yield 2.3% 0.1% 4.0%
Net buyback yield 0.7% 0.2% 0.6%
Shareholder yield 3.0% 0.4% 4.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 2.0% 59.7%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 7.4% -222.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 1.0% -0.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 1.0% -19.2%

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.

ConsensusLXFRACAIIIN
Forward P/E 17.5xFY2026 33.6xFY2026 18.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.99FY2026 $4.44FY2026 $1.50FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -10.8%FY2026 -0.7%FY2026 -28.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +41.4% +7.0% +69.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $386.72MFY2026 $2.45BFY2026 $703.46MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +4.2%FY2026 -14.9%FY2026 +8.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +2.6% +12.5% +5.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLXFRACAIIIN
Held by institutions 91.6% 91.8% 82.1%
Institutions holding 136 426 187
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.6% -1.1% +0.9%
Institutions buying 76 230 122
Institutions selling 41 114 48
Buyers to sellers 1.85 2.02 2.54

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.

LXFRACAIIIN
LXFR 1.00 0.39 0.28
ACA 0.39 1.00 0.27
IIIN 0.28 0.27 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LXFR, ACA and IIIN?

Arcosa (ACA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) $461.99M, Arcosa (ACA) $7.33B, Insteel Industries (IIIN) $544.66M.

Which stock is cheaper, LXFR, ACA and IIIN?

Arcosa (ACA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 57.7x, Arcosa (ACA) 14.9x, Insteel Industries (IIIN) 15.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) is cheapest (Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 17.5x, Arcosa (ACA) 33.6x, Insteel Industries (IIIN) 18.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Insteel Industries (IIIN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) -10.6%, Arcosa (ACA) +9.7%, Insteel Industries (IIIN) +17.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Arcosa (ACA) has the highest net margin (Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 2.2%, Arcosa (ACA) 17.9%, Insteel Industries (IIIN) 5.1%). On return on invested capital, Arcosa (ACA) leads (Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 4.6%, Arcosa (ACA) 6.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Arcosa (ACA) returned the most: Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) +27.2%, Arcosa (ACA) +61.6%, Insteel Industries (IIIN) -9.9%. Over five years, Arcosa (ACA) compounded fastest (Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) -3.9%/yr, Arcosa (ACA) +23.0%/yr, Insteel Industries (IIIN) -5.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Arcosa (ACA) has the highest dividend yield: Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 0.00%, Arcosa (ACA) 0.13%, Insteel Industries (IIIN) 0.04%. Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Arcosa (ACA) has been the steadiest (Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 33.2%, Arcosa (ACA) 31.7%, Insteel Industries (IIIN) 41.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, LXFR, ACA and IIIN?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Arcosa (ACA) leads on 9. 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.