SPLP vs. WS, ASTL, MTUS, ACNT, HUHU, BWEN, OCC, APWC, INHD, and AQMS
Should you be buying Steel Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Steel Partners include Worthington Steel (WS), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), Metallus (MTUS), Ascent Industries (ACNT), HUHUTECH International Group (HUHU), Broadwind (BWEN), Optical Cable (OCC), Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC), Inno (INHD), and Aqua Metals (AQMS). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.
Steel Partners vs.
Worthington Steel (NYSE:WS) and Steel Partners (NYSE:SPLP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Steel Partners received 237 more outperform votes than Worthington Steel when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.43% of users gave Steel Partners an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Worthington Steel an outperform vote.
Worthington Steel currently has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.73%. Given Worthington Steel's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Worthington Steel is more favorable than Steel Partners.
Steel Partners has a net margin of 11.43% compared to Worthington Steel's net margin of 4.36%. Steel Partners' return on equity of 21.72% beat Worthington Steel's return on equity.
Worthington Steel has higher revenue and earnings than Steel Partners. Steel Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Worthington Steel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Worthington Steel had 15 more articles in the media than Steel Partners. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Worthington Steel and 1 mentions for Steel Partners. Worthington Steel's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Steel Partners' score of 0.30 indicating that Worthington Steel is being referred to more favorably in the media.
45.4% of Worthington Steel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.8% of Steel Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Worthington Steel shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 79.2% of Steel Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Worthington Steel beats Steel Partners on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SPLP) was last updated on 1/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
