GGB vs. WOR, ROCK, WS, HAYN, IIIN, SID, GOLD, NTR, TECK, and WPM
Should you be buying Gerdau stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gerdau include Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Gibraltar Industries (ROCK), Worthington Steel (WS), Haynes International (HAYN), Insteel Industries (IIIN), Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (SID), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Nutrien (NTR), Teck Resources (TECK), and Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM).
Worthington Enterprises (NYSE:WOR) and Gerdau (NYSE:GGB) are both mid-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Worthington Enterprises currently has a consensus price target of $61.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.93%. Gerdau has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.27%. Given Worthington Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Gerdau is more favorable than Worthington Enterprises.
Gerdau has a net margin of 9.57% compared to Gerdau's net margin of 7.12%. Gerdau's return on equity of 19.40% beat Worthington Enterprises' return on equity.
Worthington Enterprises received 18 more outperform votes than Gerdau when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.88% of users gave Gerdau an outperform vote while only 53.72% of users gave Worthington Enterprises an outperform vote.
Gerdau has higher revenue and earnings than Worthington Enterprises. Gerdau is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Worthington Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Worthington Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Gerdau pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Worthington Enterprises pays out 11.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gerdau pays out 36.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
51.6% of Worthington Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of Gerdau shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.5% of Worthington Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Gerdau shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Worthington Enterprises has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gerdau has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Worthington Enterprises and Worthington Enterprises both had 7 articles in the media. Gerdau's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Worthington Enterprises' score of 0.71 indicating that Worthington Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Worthington Enterprises beats Gerdau on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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