Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) Competitors

Cal-Maine Foods (NASDAQ:CALM) and Olympic Steel (NASDAQ:ZEUS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend CALM or ZEUS?

Cal-Maine Foods presently has a consensus price target of $83.00, suggesting a potential downside of 17.95%. Olympic Steel has a consensus price target of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.81%. Given Olympic Steel's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Olympic Steel is more favorable than Cal-Maine Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cal-Maine Foods	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
Olympic Steel	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CALM or ZEUS?

84.7% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.1% of Olympic Steel shares are held by institutional investors. 13.5% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Olympic Steel shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, CALM or ZEUS?

Cal-Maine Foods has a beta of 0.17, meaning that its share price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Olympic Steel has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CALM or ZEUS?

In the previous week, Cal-Maine Foods had 6 more articles in the media than Olympic Steel. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Cal-Maine Foods and 1 mentions for Olympic Steel. Cal-Maine Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Olympic Steel's score of 0.63 indicating that Cal-Maine Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cal-Maine Foods	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Olympic Steel	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CALM or ZEUS more profitable?

Cal-Maine Foods has a net margin of 26.08% compared to Olympic Steel's net margin of 0.88%. Cal-Maine Foods' return on equity of 48.72% beat Olympic Steel's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cal-Maine Foods	26.08%	48.72%	39.06%
Olympic Steel	0.88%	2.16%	1.20%

Is CALM or ZEUS a better dividend stock?

Cal-Maine Foods pays an annual dividend of $13.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.8%. Olympic Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Cal-Maine Foods pays out 69.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Olympic Steel pays out 44.8% 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. Cal-Maine Foods has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Olympic Steel has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CALM or ZEUS?

Cal-Maine Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Olympic Steel. Cal-Maine Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Olympic Steel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cal-Maine Foods	$2.33B	2.13	$277.89M	$20.23	5.00
Olympic Steel	$1.91B	0.20	$22.98M	$1.43	23.93

Summary

Cal-Maine Foods beats Olympic Steel on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.