WS vs. GGB, TX, SID, CSTM, ASTL, SPLP, MTUS, ACNT, HUHU, and BWEN
Should you be buying Worthington Steel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Worthington Steel include Gerdau (GGB), Ternium (TX), Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (SID), Constellium (CSTM), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), Steel Partners (SPLP), Metallus (MTUS), Ascent Industries (ACNT), HUHUTECH International Group (HUHU), and Broadwind (BWEN). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.
Worthington Steel vs.
Gerdau (NYSE:GGB) and Worthington Steel (NYSE:WS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Gerdau has higher revenue and earnings than Worthington Steel. Gerdau is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Worthington Steel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gerdau received 282 more outperform votes than Worthington Steel when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave Worthington Steel an outperform vote while only 58.88% of users gave Gerdau an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Gerdau and Gerdau both had 2 articles in the media. Worthington Steel's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Gerdau's score of -0.22 indicating that Worthington Steel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gerdau has a net margin of 7.47% compared to Worthington Steel's net margin of 4.36%. Worthington Steel's return on equity of 12.59% beat Gerdau's return on equity.
1.5% of Gerdau shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of Worthington Steel shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Gerdau 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Gerdau pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Worthington Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Gerdau pays out 41.5% 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.
Gerdau presently has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 76.37%. Worthington Steel has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.88%. Given Gerdau's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Gerdau is more favorable than Worthington Steel.
Summary
Worthington Steel beats Gerdau on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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