Radius Recycling (RDUS) Competitors

Radius Recycling (NASDAQ:RDUS) and Worthington Enterprises (NYSE:WOR) are both steel companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, RDUS or WOR?

Radius Recycling has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Worthington Enterprises has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, RDUS or WOR?

Worthington Enterprises has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Radius Recycling. Radius Recycling is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Worthington Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Radius Recycling	$2.74B	0.31	-$266.41M	-$3.60	-8.33
Worthington Enterprises	$1.15B	2.65	$96.05M	$1.91	32.16

Do analysts prefer RDUS or WOR?

Radius Recycling currently has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential downside of 26.67%. Worthington Enterprises has a consensus price target of $59.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.94%. Given Worthington Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Worthington Enterprises is more favorable than Radius Recycling.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Radius Recycling	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Worthington Enterprises	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is RDUS or WOR a better dividend stock?

Radius Recycling pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Worthington Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Radius Recycling pays out -20.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Worthington Enterprises pays out 35.6% 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. Radius Recycling is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in RDUS or WOR?

78.1% of Radius Recycling shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.6% of Worthington Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of Radius Recycling shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.5% of Worthington Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is RDUS or WOR more profitable?

Worthington Enterprises has a net margin of 8.33% compared to Radius Recycling's net margin of -3.69%. Worthington Enterprises' return on equity of 16.66% beat Radius Recycling's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Radius Recycling	-3.69%	-15.73%	-6.01%
Worthington Enterprises	8.33%	16.66%	9.21%

Does the media refer more to RDUS or WOR?

In the previous week, Worthington Enterprises had 5 more articles in the media than Radius Recycling. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Worthington Enterprises and 0 mentions for Radius Recycling. Worthington Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Radius Recycling's score of 0.00 indicating that Worthington Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Radius Recycling	Neutral
Worthington Enterprises	Positive

Summary

Worthington Enterprises beats Radius Recycling on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.