RDUS vs. WOR, ZEUS, NUE, STLD, RS, CRS, X, ATI, CMC, and CLF
Should you be buying Radius Recycling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Radius Recycling include Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Olympic Steel (ZEUS), Nucor (NUE), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Reliance (RS), Carpenter Technology (CRS), United States Steel (X), ATI (ATI), Commercial Metals (CMC), and Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF). These companies are all part of the "steel" industry.
Radius Recycling vs. Its Competitors
Radius Recycling (NASDAQ:RDUS) and Worthington Enterprises (NYSE:WOR) are both steel companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Worthington Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Radius Recycling. Radius Recycling is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Worthington Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Radius Recycling has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Worthington Enterprises has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Worthington Enterprises had 7 more articles in the media than Radius Recycling. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Worthington Enterprises and 9 mentions for Radius Recycling. Worthington Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Radius Recycling's score of 0.55 indicating that Worthington Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Radius Recycling pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Worthington Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Radius Recycling pays out -20.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Worthington Enterprises pays out 39.8% 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. Radius Recycling is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Radius Recycling currently has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential downside of 25.98%. Worthington Enterprises has a consensus price target of $59.00, suggesting a potential downside of 9.72%. Given Worthington Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Worthington Enterprises is more favorable than Radius Recycling.
Worthington Enterprises has a net margin of 8.33% compared to Radius Recycling's net margin of -3.69%. Worthington Enterprises' return on equity of 16.66% beat Radius Recycling's return on equity.
78.1% of Radius Recycling shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.6% of Worthington Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of Radius Recycling shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.5% of Worthington Enterprises 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.
Summary
Worthington Enterprises beats Radius Recycling on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:RDUS) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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