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$21.72 +0.04 (+0.16%)
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RYI vs. GMS, REZI, CENT, GLP, WKC, DSGR, VSTS, CAPL, GIC, and ITRN

Should you be buying Ryerson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ryerson include GMS (GMS), Resideo Technologies (REZI), Central Garden & Pet (CENT), Global Partners (GLP), World Kinect (WKC), Distribution Solutions Group (DSGR), Vestis (VSTS), CrossAmerica Partners (CAPL), Global Industrial (GIC), and Ituran Location and Control (ITRN). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.

Ryerson vs.

GMS (NYSE:GMS) and Ryerson (NYSE:RYI) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.

95.3% of GMS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Ryerson shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of GMS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Ryerson shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
GMS$5.59B0.49$276.08M$3.6119.86
Ryerson$4.60B0.15$145.70M-$0.26-83.52

GMS currently has a consensus target price of $80.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.26%. Ryerson has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.13%. Given Ryerson's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ryerson is more favorable than GMS.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
GMS
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
Ryerson
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

GMS has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryerson has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, GMS had 21 more articles in the media than Ryerson. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for GMS and 3 mentions for Ryerson. Ryerson's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat GMS's score of 0.61 indicating that Ryerson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
GMS
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ryerson
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

GMS has a net margin of 3.92% compared to Ryerson's net margin of -0.19%. GMS's return on equity of 20.67% beat Ryerson's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GMS3.92% 20.67% 8.05%
Ryerson -0.19%-0.70%-0.23%

GMS received 113 more outperform votes than Ryerson when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.08% of users gave GMS an outperform vote while only 57.93% of users gave Ryerson an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
GMSOutperform Votes
376
66.08%
Underperform Votes
193
33.92%
RyersonOutperform Votes
263
57.93%
Underperform Votes
191
42.07%

Summary

GMS beats Ryerson on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RYI vs. The Competition

MetricRyersonMetals service centers & offices IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$691.64M$17.65B$2.96B$18.52B
Dividend Yield3.45%3.13%5.23%4.22%
P/E Ratio-83.5210.7678.6731.15
Price / Sales0.150.4124,272,056,611,966,700.0025.69
Price / Cash3.788.1724.3217.53
Price / Book0.811.035.194.29
Net Income$145.70M$2.02B$154.96M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-5.87%-0.78%5.24%-0.79%
1 Month Performance-7.36%-6.28%2.36%-6.88%
1 Year Performance-33.16%-32.09%15.91%1.74%

Ryerson Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RYI
Ryerson
2.4897 of 5 stars
$21.72
+0.2%
$25.00
+15.1%
-33.7%$691.64M$4.60B-83.524,200News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
GMS
GMS
3.8533 of 5 stars
$69.28
-4.0%
$80.50
+16.2%
-24.0%$2.66B$5.59B12.745,480Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
REZI
Resideo Technologies
4.4053 of 5 stars
$15.63
+0.0%
$25.00
+60.0%
-23.9%$2.31B$6.76B24.8015,200Short Interest ↓
Positive News
CENT
Central Garden & Pet
3.0991 of 5 stars
$35.09
-0.4%
$45.00
+28.2%
-7.7%$2.30B$3.22B19.286,450Short Interest ↓
Positive News
High Trading Volume
GLP
Global Partners
2.9343 of 5 stars
$47.46
-3.2%
$56.00
+18.0%
+8.9%$1.61B$17.16B14.344,310
WKC
World Kinect
3.6138 of 5 stars
$24.54
-1.0%
$29.25
+19.2%
-4.7%$1.39B$42.17B23.155,210News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
DSGR
Distribution Solutions Group
3.6978 of 5 stars
$25.22
-1.8%
$43.00
+70.5%
-17.7%$1.17B$1.80B630.661,840News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
VSTS
Vestis
3.9491 of 5 stars
$7.79
-2.4%
$13.08
+68.0%
-58.4%$1.03B$2.77B97.3210,800Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
CAPL
CrossAmerica Partners
0.6594 of 5 stars
$21.89
-2.2%
N/A+1.9%$833.29M$4.10B42.102,220Short Interest ↑
Negative News
High Trading Volume
GIC
Global Industrial
3.4973 of 5 stars
$21.44
-1.9%
N/A-45.9%$821.27M$1.32B12.611,650Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ITRN
Ituran Location and Control
3.643 of 5 stars
$31.95
-2.4%
$50.00
+56.5%
+28.0%$635.61M$336.26M12.242,810News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
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