Radius Recycling (RDUS) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in WOR or RDUS?

51.6% of Worthington Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Radius Recycling shares are held by institutional investors. 37.5% of Worthington Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Radius Recycling shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend WOR or RDUS?

Worthington Enterprises presently has a consensus price target of $46.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.23%. Radius Recycling has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential downside of 24.16%. Given Worthington Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research 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 & volatility, WOR or RDUS?

Worthington Enterprises has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Radius Recycling has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor WOR or RDUS?

In the previous week, Worthington Enterprises had 9 more articles in the media than Radius Recycling. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Worthington Enterprises and 8 mentions for Radius Recycling. Radius Recycling's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Worthington Enterprises' score of 0.89 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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Radius Recycling	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WOR or RDUS?

Radius Recycling received 38 more outperform votes than Worthington Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.22% of users gave Worthington Enterprises an outperform vote while only 53.09% of users gave Radius Recycling an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Worthington Enterprises	Outperform Votes 306 53.22%	Underperform Votes 269 46.78%
Radius Recycling	Outperform Votes 344 53.09%	Underperform Votes 304 46.91%

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 1.6%. Radius Recycling pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Worthington Enterprises pays out 81.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Radius Recycling pays out -7.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Radius Recycling is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better valuation and earnings, 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	$1.17B	1.79	$110.62M	$0.83	50.28
Radius Recycling	$223.36M	3.66	-$266.41M	-$10.02	-2.90

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%

Summary

Worthington Enterprises beats Radius Recycling on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.