Radius Recycling (RDUS) Competitors

Radius Recycling (NASDAQ:RDUS) and Haynes International (NASDAQ:HAYN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, RDUS or HAYN?

Haynes International has higher revenue and earnings than Radius Recycling. Radius Recycling is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Haynes International, 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	$223.36M	2.17	-$266.41M	-$9.36	-1.85
Haynes International	$589.96M	1.32	$41.97M	$2.91	20.96

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of RDUS or HAYN?

78.1% of Radius Recycling shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of Haynes International shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Radius Recycling shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Haynes International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate RDUS or HAYN?

Radius Recycling presently has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.17%. Given Radius Recycling's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Radius Recycling is more favorable than Haynes International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Radius Recycling	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Haynes International	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is RDUS or HAYN a better dividend stock?

Radius Recycling pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Haynes International pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Radius Recycling pays out -8.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Haynes International pays out 30.2% 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. Radius Recycling is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor RDUS or HAYN?

In the previous week, Radius Recycling had 1 more articles in the media than Haynes International. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Radius Recycling and 1 mentions for Haynes International. Radius Recycling's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Haynes International's score of 0.00 indicating that Radius Recycling is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Radius Recycling	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Haynes International	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is RDUS or HAYN more profitable?

Haynes International has a net margin of 6.11% compared to Radius Recycling's net margin of -9.73%. Haynes International's return on equity of 8.45% beat Radius Recycling's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Radius Recycling	-9.73%	-9.83%	-4.66%
Haynes International	6.11%	8.45%	5.38%

Which has more volatility and risk, RDUS or HAYN?

Radius Recycling has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Haynes International has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RDUS or HAYN?

Radius Recycling received 124 more outperform votes than Haynes International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.25% of users gave Radius Recycling an outperform vote while only 51.76% of users gave Haynes International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Radius Recycling	Outperform Votes 344 53.25%	Underperform Votes 302 46.75%
Haynes International	Outperform Votes 220 51.76%	Underperform Votes 205 48.24%

Summary

Radius Recycling and Haynes International tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.