WS vs. GGB, TX, CSTM, ASTL, SPLP, MTUS, ACNT, HUHU, BWEN, and APWC
Should you be buying Worthington Steel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Worthington Steel include Gerdau (GGB), Ternium (TX), Constellium (CSTM), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), Steel Partners (SPLP), Metallus (MTUS), Ascent Industries (ACNT), HUHUTECH International Group (HUHU), Broadwind (BWEN), and Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC). 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, profitability and dividends.
In the previous week, Gerdau had 2 more articles in the media than Worthington Steel. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Gerdau and 4 mentions for Worthington Steel. Worthington Steel's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Gerdau's score of 0.75 indicating that Worthington Steel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
1.5% of Gerdau shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of Worthington Steel shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Gerdau 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Gerdau has a net margin of 7.47% compared to Worthington Steel's net margin of 3.71%. Worthington Steel's return on equity of 12.14% beat Gerdau's return on equity.
Gerdau pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Worthington Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Gerdau pays out 43.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Worthington Steel pays out 25.8% 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.
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 currently has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 50.83%. Worthington Steel has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.57%. Given Gerdau's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Gerdau is more favorable than Worthington Steel.
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.
Summary
Worthington Steel beats Gerdau on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WS) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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