ZEUS vs. RDUS, NUE, STLD, RS, CRS, X, ATI, CMC, CLF, and WOR
Should you be buying Olympic Steel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Olympic Steel include Radius Recycling (RDUS), Nucor (NUE), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Reliance (RS), Carpenter Technology (CRS), United States Steel (X), ATI (ATI), Commercial Metals (CMC), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), and Worthington Enterprises (WOR). These companies are all part of the "steel" industry.
Olympic Steel vs.
Olympic Steel (NASDAQ:ZEUS) and Radius Recycling (NASDAQ:RDUS) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
87.1% of Olympic Steel shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Radius Recycling shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.8% of Olympic Steel shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Radius Recycling shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Olympic Steel received 16 more outperform votes than Radius Recycling when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.10% of users gave Olympic Steel an outperform vote while only 53.17% of users gave Radius Recycling an outperform vote.
Olympic Steel presently has a consensus price target of $43.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.44%. Radius Recycling has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 59.07%. Given Radius Recycling's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Radius Recycling is more favorable than Olympic Steel.
In the previous week, Olympic Steel had 6 more articles in the media than Radius Recycling. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Olympic Steel and 5 mentions for Radius Recycling. Radius Recycling's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Olympic Steel's score of 0.41 indicating that Radius Recycling is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Olympic Steel has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Radius Recycling has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Olympic Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Radius Recycling pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Olympic Steel pays out 32.5% 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.
Olympic Steel has a net margin of 1.18% compared to Radius Recycling's net margin of -10.49%. Olympic Steel's return on equity of 3.31% beat Radius Recycling's return on equity.
Olympic Steel has higher revenue and earnings than Radius Recycling. Radius Recycling is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Olympic Steel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Olympic Steel beats Radius Recycling on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ZEUS) was last updated on 3/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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