SPLP vs. SID, CSTM, WS, MTUS, IIIN, ASTL, UAMY, ACNT, LUD, and HUHU
Should you be buying Steel Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Steel Partners include National Steel (SID), Constellium (CSTM), Worthington Steel (WS), Metallus (MTUS), Insteel Industries (IIIN), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), United States Antimony (UAMY), Ascent Industries (ACNT), Luda Technology Group (LUD), and HUHUTECH International Group (HUHU). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.
Steel Partners vs. Its Competitors
National Steel (NYSE:SID) and Steel Partners (NYSE:SPLP) are both small-cap steel works companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.
National Steel currently has a consensus target price of $1.30, suggesting a potential downside of 5.80%. Given National Steel's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe National Steel is more favorable than Steel Partners.
National Steel has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steel Partners has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
National Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Steel Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.3750 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. National Steel pays out -34.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Steel Partners pays out 3.8% 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. National Steel is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, National Steel had 3 more articles in the media than Steel Partners. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for National Steel and 1 mentions for Steel Partners. Steel Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat National Steel's score of -0.64 indicating that Steel Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
50.8% of Steel Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of National Steel shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 84.8% of Steel Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Steel Partners has a net margin of 11.43% compared to National Steel's net margin of -5.06%. Steel Partners' return on equity of 21.72% beat National Steel's return on equity.
Steel Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than National Steel. National Steel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Steel Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Steel Partners beats National Steel on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:SPLP) was last updated on 8/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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