USAP vs. ZEUS, RDUS, NUE, STLD, RS, CRS, ATI, X, CLF, and CMC
Should you be buying Universal Stainless & Alloy Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Stainless & Alloy Products include Olympic Steel (ZEUS), Radius Recycling (RDUS), Nucor (NUE), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Reliance (RS), Carpenter Technology (CRS), ATI (ATI), United States Steel (X), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), and Commercial Metals (CMC). These companies are all part of the "steel" industry.
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products vs.
Olympic Steel (NASDAQ:ZEUS) and Universal Stainless & Alloy Products (NASDAQ:USAP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability and community ranking.
Olympic Steel received 90 more outperform votes than Universal Stainless & Alloy Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.09% of users gave Olympic Steel an outperform vote while only 54.58% of users gave Universal Stainless & Alloy Products an outperform vote.
Olympic Steel has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Stainless & Alloy Products has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Olympic Steel had 14 more articles in the media than Universal Stainless & Alloy Products. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Olympic Steel and 0 mentions for Universal Stainless & Alloy Products. Olympic Steel's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Universal Stainless & Alloy Products' score of 0.00 indicating that Olympic Steel is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Olympic Steel presently has a consensus target price of $42.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.88%. Universal Stainless & Alloy Products has a consensus target price of $46.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.24%. Given Olympic Steel's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Olympic Steel is more favorable than Universal Stainless & Alloy Products.
Olympic Steel has higher revenue and earnings than Universal Stainless & Alloy Products. Universal Stainless & Alloy Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Olympic Steel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
87.1% of Olympic Steel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of Universal Stainless & Alloy Products shares are held by institutional investors. 13.8% of Olympic Steel shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Universal Stainless & Alloy Products shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products has a net margin of 8.14% compared to Olympic Steel's net margin of 1.32%. Universal Stainless & Alloy Products' return on equity of 11.22% beat Olympic Steel's return on equity.
Summary
Olympic Steel beats Universal Stainless & Alloy Products on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Universal Stainless & Alloy Products News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for USAP and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (NASDAQ:USAP) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
Free USAP Stock Alerts