Radius Recycling (RDUS) Competitors

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

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%

Do analysts prefer WOR or RDUS?

Worthington Enterprises currently has a consensus price target of $59.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.11%. Radius Recycling has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential downside of 26.67%. Given Worthington Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly 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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Radius Recycling shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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	2.69	$96.05M	$1.91	32.55
Radius Recycling	$2.74B	0.31	-$266.41M	-$3.60	-8.33

Does the media prefer WOR or RDUS?

In the previous week, Worthington Enterprises had 1 more articles in the media than Radius Recycling. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Worthington Enterprises and 2 mentions for Radius Recycling. Radius Recycling's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Worthington Enterprises' score of 0.36 indicating that Radius Recycling is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Worthington Enterprises	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Radius Recycling	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, WOR or RDUS?

Worthington Enterprises has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Radius Recycling has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Is WOR or RDUS a better dividend stock?

Worthington Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Radius Recycling pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Worthington Enterprises pays out 35.6% 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.

Summary

Worthington Enterprises beats Radius Recycling on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.