Radius Recycling (RDUS) Competitors

Worthington Enterprises (NYSE:WOR) and Radius Recycling (NASDAQ:RDUS) are both steel companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, WOR or RDUS?

Worthington Enterprises has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Worthington Enterprises	$1.15B	2.76	$96.05M	$1.91	33.44
Radius Recycling	$2.74B	0.31	-$266.41M	-$3.60	-8.33

Is WOR or RDUS a better dividend stock?

Worthington Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Radius Recycling pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Worthington Enterprises pays out 39.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Radius Recycling pays out -20.8% 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.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in WOR or RDUS?

51.6% of Worthington Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Radius Recycling shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.5% of Worthington Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Radius Recycling shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is WOR or RDUS more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Worthington Enterprises	8.33%	16.66%	9.21%
Radius Recycling	-3.69%	-15.73%	-6.01%

Does the media favor WOR or RDUS?

In the previous week, Worthington Enterprises had 6 more articles in the media than Radius Recycling. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Worthington Enterprises and 0 mentions for Radius Recycling. Worthington Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Radius Recycling's score of 0.00 indicating that Worthington Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Worthington Enterprises	Positive
Radius Recycling	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, WOR or RDUS?

Worthington Enterprises has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Radius Recycling has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer WOR or RDUS?

Worthington Enterprises presently has a consensus target price of $59.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.63%. Radius Recycling has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential downside of 26.67%. Given Worthington Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Worthington Enterprises is more favorable than Radius Recycling.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Worthington Enterprises	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Radius Recycling	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

Worthington Enterprises beats Radius Recycling on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.