Worthington Enterprises (WOR) Competitors

Carpenter Technology (NYSE:CRS) and Worthington Enterprises (NYSE:WOR) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CRS or WOR?

92.0% of Carpenter Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.6% of Worthington Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Carpenter Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 37.5% of Worthington Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend CRS or WOR?

Carpenter Technology currently has a consensus price target of $167.17, suggesting a potential downside of 3.13%. Worthington Enterprises has a consensus price target of $48.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.05%. Given Worthington Enterprises' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Worthington Enterprises is more favorable than Carpenter Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carpenter Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Worthington Enterprises	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CRS or WOR?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Carpenter Technology	$2.88B	2.99	$186.50M	$5.30	32.56
Worthington Enterprises	$1.15B	2.06	$110.62M	$1.18	40.25

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CRS or WOR?

Carpenter Technology received 13 more outperform votes than Worthington Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.65% of users gave Carpenter Technology an outperform vote while only 53.11% of users gave Worthington Enterprises an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Carpenter Technology	Outperform Votes 320 64.65%	Underperform Votes 175 35.35%
Worthington Enterprises	Outperform Votes 307 53.11%	Underperform Votes 271 46.89%

Does the media favor CRS or WOR?

In the previous week, Carpenter Technology had 11 more articles in the media than Worthington Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Carpenter Technology and 6 mentions for Worthington Enterprises. Carpenter Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Worthington Enterprises' score of 0.58 indicating that Carpenter Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Carpenter Technology	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Worthington Enterprises	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CRS or WOR more profitable?

Carpenter Technology has a net margin of 9.34% compared to Worthington Enterprises' net margin of 3.66%. Carpenter Technology's return on equity of 19.88% beat Worthington Enterprises' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carpenter Technology	9.34%	19.88%	9.92%
Worthington Enterprises	3.66%	14.70%	8.01%

Which has more volatility & risk, CRS or WOR?

Carpenter Technology has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Worthington Enterprises has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CRS or WOR a better dividend stock?

Carpenter Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Worthington Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Carpenter Technology pays out 15.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Worthington Enterprises pays out 57.6% 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.

Summary

Carpenter Technology beats Worthington Enterprises on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.