WS vs. SID, CSTM, ASTL, SPLP, MTUS, UAMY, ACNT, HUHU, BWEN, and OCC
Should you be buying Worthington Steel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Worthington Steel include Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (SID), Constellium (CSTM), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), Steel Partners (SPLP), Metallus (MTUS), United States Antimony (UAMY), Ascent Industries (ACNT), HUHUTECH International Group (HUHU), Broadwind (BWEN), and Optical Cable (OCC). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.
Worthington Steel vs.
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (NYSE:SID) and Worthington Steel (NYSE:WS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.
45.4% of Worthington Steel shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Worthington Steel 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.
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional received 242 more outperform votes than Worthington Steel when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave Worthington Steel an outperform vote while only 54.32% of users gave Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional an outperform vote.
Worthington Steel has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Worthington Steel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional has a beta of 2.14, indicating that its share price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Worthington Steel has a beta of 2.59, indicating that its share price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Worthington Steel has a net margin of 4.36% compared to Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's net margin of -2.37%. Worthington Steel's return on equity of 12.59% beat Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's return on equity.
In the previous week, Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional and Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional both had 2 articles in the media. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Worthington Steel's score of 0.77 indicating that Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.3%. Worthington Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional pays out -146.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Worthington Steel pays out 22.5% 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. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional currently has a consensus target price of $2.95, indicating a potential upside of 92.18%. Worthington Steel has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 40.89%. Given Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is more favorable than Worthington Steel.
Summary
Worthington Steel beats Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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