USAP vs. TWI, ASTL, SXC, MTUS, PLL, RYAM, FSTR, NL, IPI, and DC
Should you be buying Universal Stainless & Alloy Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Stainless & Alloy Products include Titan International (TWI), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), SunCoke Energy (SXC), Metallus (MTUS), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), L.B. Foster (FSTR), NL Industries (NL), Intrepid Potash (IPI), and Dakota Gold (DC).
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products (NASDAQ:USAP) and Titan International (NYSE:TWI) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
Titan International received 67 more outperform votes than Universal Stainless & Alloy Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.41% of users gave Titan International an outperform vote while only 56.26% of users gave Universal Stainless & Alloy Products an outperform vote.
62.2% of Universal Stainless & Alloy Products shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Titan International shares are held by institutional investors. 9.9% of Universal Stainless & Alloy Products shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 32.5% of Titan International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Titan International had 6 more articles in the media than Universal Stainless & Alloy Products. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Titan International and 0 mentions for Universal Stainless & Alloy Products. Universal Stainless & Alloy Products' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Titan International's score of -0.30 indicating that Universal Stainless & Alloy Products is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products presently has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.61%. Given Universal Stainless & Alloy Products' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Universal Stainless & Alloy Products is more favorable than Titan International.
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Titan International has a beta of 2.09, indicating that its stock price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Titan International has higher revenue and earnings than Universal Stainless & Alloy Products. Titan International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products has a net margin of 3.21% compared to Titan International's net margin of 3.20%. Titan International's return on equity of 17.27% beat Universal Stainless & Alloy Products' return on equity.
Summary
Titan International beats Universal Stainless & Alloy Products on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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