Radius Recycling (RDUS) Competitors

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

Is WOR or RDUS more profitable?

Worthington Enterprises has a net margin of 3.66% compared to Radius Recycling's net margin of -10.49%. Worthington Enterprises' return on equity of 14.70% beat Radius Recycling's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Worthington Enterprises	3.66%	14.70%	8.01%
Radius Recycling	-10.49%	-14.16%	-6.08%

Is WOR or RDUS a better dividend stock?

Worthington Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Radius Recycling pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Worthington Enterprises pays out 57.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Radius Recycling pays out -7.5% 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.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, WOR or RDUS?

Worthington Enterprises has higher revenue and 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
Worthington Enterprises	$1.15B	2.06	$110.62M	$1.18	40.37
Radius Recycling	$223.36M	3.67	-$266.41M	-$9.98	-2.91

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in WOR or RDUS?

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

Does the media refer more to WOR or RDUS?

In the previous week, Radius Recycling had 3 more articles in the media than Worthington Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Radius Recycling and 5 mentions for Worthington Enterprises. Radius Recycling's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Worthington Enterprises' score of 0.79 indicating that Radius Recycling is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Worthington Enterprises	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Radius Recycling	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WOR or RDUS?

Radius Recycling received 37 more outperform votes than Worthington Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.11% of users gave Worthington Enterprises an outperform vote while only 52.92% of users gave Radius Recycling an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Worthington Enterprises	Outperform Votes 307 53.11%	Underperform Votes 271 46.89%
Radius Recycling	Outperform Votes 344 52.92%	Underperform Votes 306 47.08%

Do analysts prefer WOR or RDUS?

Worthington Enterprises currently has a consensus target price of $48.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.75%. Radius Recycling has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential downside of 24.29%. Given Worthington Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Worthington Enterprises is more favorable than Radius Recycling.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Worthington Enterprises	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Radius Recycling	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk and volatility, WOR or RDUS?

Worthington Enterprises has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Radius Recycling has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Worthington Enterprises beats Radius Recycling on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.