WS vs. TX, GGB, CSTM, SID, SPLP, ASTL, MTUS, UAMY, ACNT, and LUD
Should you be buying Worthington Steel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Worthington Steel include Ternium (TX), Gerdau (GGB), Constellium (CSTM), National Steel (SID), Steel Partners (SPLP), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), Metallus (MTUS), United States Antimony (UAMY), Ascent Industries (ACNT), and Luda Technology Group (LUD). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.
Worthington Steel vs. Its Competitors
Ternium (NYSE:TX) and Worthington Steel (NYSE:WS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and dividends.
Ternium currently has a consensus price target of $30.67, indicating a potential downside of 4.41%. Worthington Steel has a consensus price target of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.87%. Given Worthington Steel's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Worthington Steel is more favorable than Ternium.
Worthington Steel has a net margin of 3.58% compared to Ternium's net margin of -2.07%. Worthington Steel's return on equity of 9.43% beat Ternium's return on equity.
Ternium pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. Worthington Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Ternium pays out -202.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Worthington Steel pays out 29.4% 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. Ternium is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Ternium has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Worthington Steel has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.
12.0% of Ternium shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of Worthington Steel shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Ternium shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Worthington Steel shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Worthington Steel has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ternium. Ternium 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, Ternium had 5 more articles in the media than Worthington Steel. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ternium and 3 mentions for Worthington Steel. Worthington Steel's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Ternium's score of 0.22 indicating that Worthington Steel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Worthington Steel beats Ternium on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WS) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
