ASTL vs. MTUS, EU, LAAC, WLKP, HAYN, CLW, UUUU, CRML, UAN, and TGB
Should you be buying Algoma Steel Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Algoma Steel Group include Metallus (MTUS), enCore Energy (EU), Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), Haynes International (HAYN), Clearwater Paper (CLW), Energy Fuels (UUUU), Critical Metals (CRML), CVR Partners (UAN), and Taseko Mines (TGB). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Metallus (NYSE:MTUS) and Algoma Steel Group (NASDAQ:ASTL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Metallus had 24 more articles in the media than Algoma Steel Group. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Metallus and 2 mentions for Algoma Steel Group. Metallus' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Algoma Steel Group's score of 0.12 indicating that Algoma Steel Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Metallus has a net margin of 5.81% compared to Metallus' net margin of 2.05%. Algoma Steel Group's return on equity of 13.12% beat Metallus' return on equity.
77.6% of Metallus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.0% of Algoma Steel Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Metallus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Algoma Steel Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Algoma Steel Group has higher revenue and earnings than Metallus. Metallus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Algoma Steel Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Algoma Steel Group received 4 more outperform votes than Metallus when rated by MarketBeat users.
Metallus has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Algoma Steel Group has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Metallus beats Algoma Steel Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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