WOR vs. X, CLF, ATI, CMC, CRS, HAYN, ZEUS, RDUS, NUE, and STLD
Should you be buying Worthington Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Worthington Enterprises include United States Steel (X), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), ATI (ATI), Commercial Metals (CMC), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Haynes International (HAYN), Olympic Steel (ZEUS), Radius Recycling (RDUS), Nucor (NUE), and Steel Dynamics (STLD). These companies are all part of the "steel" industry.
Worthington Enterprises (NYSE:WOR) and United States Steel (NYSE:X) are both mid-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.
Worthington Enterprises presently has a consensus target price of $61.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.06%. United States Steel has a consensus target price of $38.78, indicating a potential upside of 1.14%. Given Worthington Enterprises' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Worthington Enterprises is more favorable than United States Steel.
Worthington Enterprises has a net margin of 7.12% compared to United States Steel's net margin of 4.89%. Worthington Enterprises' return on equity of 19.40% beat United States Steel's return on equity.
In the previous week, United States Steel had 5 more articles in the media than Worthington Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for United States Steel and 8 mentions for Worthington Enterprises. United States Steel's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Worthington Enterprises' score of 0.74 indicating that United States Steel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
United States Steel has higher revenue and earnings than Worthington Enterprises. Worthington Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United States Steel, 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%. United States Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Worthington Enterprises pays out 11.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United States Steel pays out 5.9% 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 held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of United States Steel shares are held by institutional investors. 38.5% of Worthington Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of United States Steel shares are held by 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, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United States Steel has a beta of 2.06, suggesting that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.
United States Steel received 609 more outperform votes than Worthington Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.71% of users gave United States Steel an outperform vote while only 53.72% of users gave Worthington Enterprises an outperform vote.
Summary
United States Steel beats Worthington Enterprises on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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