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$23.14 +0.09 (+0.39%)
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RYI vs. STLD, ZEUS, RS, CENT, GLP, WKC, DSGR, GIC, VSTS, and CAPL

Should you be buying Ryerson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ryerson include Steel Dynamics (STLD), Olympic Steel (ZEUS), Reliance (RS), Central Garden & Pet (CENT), Global Partners (GLP), World Kinect (WKC), Distribution Solutions Group (DSGR), Global Industrial (GIC), Vestis (VSTS), and CrossAmerica Partners (CAPL).

Ryerson vs. Its Competitors

Ryerson (NYSE:RYI) and Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) are related companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

94.8% of Ryerson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Steel Dynamics shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Ryerson shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Steel Dynamics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Steel Dynamics has higher revenue and earnings than Ryerson. Ryerson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Steel Dynamics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ryerson$4.60B0.16-$8.60M-$0.22-105.18
Steel Dynamics$17.54B1.15$1.54B$7.5717.97

Steel Dynamics has a net margin of 6.80% compared to Ryerson's net margin of -0.15%. Steel Dynamics' return on equity of 13.26% beat Ryerson's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ryerson-0.15% -0.65% -0.22%
Steel Dynamics 6.80%13.26%7.60%

Ryerson presently has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.04%. Steel Dynamics has a consensus price target of $148.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.79%. Given Steel Dynamics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Steel Dynamics is more favorable than Ryerson.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ryerson
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Steel Dynamics
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

Ryerson pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Steel Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Ryerson pays out -340.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Steel Dynamics pays out 26.4% 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. Ryerson has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Steel Dynamics has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Ryerson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Ryerson has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steel Dynamics has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Steel Dynamics had 8 more articles in the media than Ryerson. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Steel Dynamics and 1 mentions for Ryerson. Steel Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Ryerson's score of 0.00 indicating that Steel Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ryerson
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Steel Dynamics
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

Steel Dynamics beats Ryerson on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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RYI vs. The Competition

MetricRyersonMETAL PRD IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$742.12M$13.87B$7.49B$20.52B
Dividend Yield3.25%2.57%4.54%3.78%
P/E Ratio-105.1816.9924.8227.79
Price / Sales0.160.42113.8340.41
Price / Cash10.277.8727.3122.26
Price / Book0.891.324.364.58
Net Income-$8.60M$1.21B$790.28M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-0.26%1.20%1.57%0.41%
1 Month Performance5.04%2.67%4.65%3.59%
1 Year Performance26.93%-32.56%32.00%14.47%

Ryerson Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RYI
Ryerson
1.188 of 5 stars
$23.14
+0.4%
$25.00
+8.0%
+23.3%$742.12M$4.60B-105.184,200
STLD
Steel Dynamics
4.5618 of 5 stars
$128.01
-2.4%
$148.00
+15.6%
+9.5%$19.48B$17.54B16.9113,000Positive News
ZEUS
Olympic Steel
3.6561 of 5 stars
$32.59
-1.3%
$41.00
+25.8%
-18.2%$368.70M$1.94B22.792,163
RS
Reliance
3.3955 of 5 stars
$314.50
-0.7%
$315.00
+0.2%
+16.7%$16.66B$13.84B22.5415,900
CENT
Central Garden & Pet
2.7392 of 5 stars
$35.18
-0.5%
$40.00
+13.7%
-4.0%$2.32B$3.20B18.816,450
GLP
Global Partners
2.7954 of 5 stars
$52.73
+0.3%
$56.00
+6.2%
+14.7%$1.79B$17.16B16.744,840
WKC
World Kinect
1.3733 of 5 stars
$28.37
+0.7%
$29.00
+2.2%
+17.0%$1.60B$42.17B118.214,745News Coverage
DSGR
Distribution Solutions Group
3.577 of 5 stars
$27.47
-0.7%
$40.50
+47.4%
+0.4%$1.28B$1.80B1,374.194,400
GIC
Global Industrial
3.0733 of 5 stars
$26.95
-1.6%
N/A-8.6%$1.05B$1.32B17.061,845
VSTS
Vestis
4.2213 of 5 stars
$5.75
-5.9%
$11.75
+104.3%
-47.4%$805.19M$2.81B-31.9410,800Trending News
CAPL
CrossAmerica Partners
1.7905 of 5 stars
$20.79
-0.5%
N/A+5.4%$796.24M$4.10B25.992,220

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This page (NYSE:RYI) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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