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Olympic Steel (ZEUS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$31.88 -0.06 (-0.19%)
As of 04:00 PM Eastern

About Olympic Steel Stock (NASDAQ:ZEUS)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$31.59
$32.25
50-Day Range
$28.11
$34.92
52-Week Range
$26.32
$54.92
Volume
51,119 shs
Average Volume
118,130 shs
Market Capitalization
$355.88 million
P/E Ratio
16.18
Dividend Yield
2.01%
Price Target
$41.00
Consensus Rating
Buy

Company Overview

Olympic Steel, Inc. processes, distributes, and stores metal products primarily in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It operates in three segments: Carbon Flat Products; Specialty Metals Flat Products; and Tubular and Pipe Products. The company offers stainless steel and aluminum coil and sheet products, angles, rounds, and flat bars; alloy, heat treated, and abrasion resistant coils, sheets and plates; coated metals, including galvanized, galvannealed, electro galvanized, advanced high strength steels, aluminized, and automotive grades of steel; commercial quality, advanced high strength steel, drawing steel, and automotive grades cold rolled steel coil and sheet products; hot rolled carbon comprising hot rolled coil, pickled and oiled sheet and plate steel products, automotive grades, advanced high strength steels, and high strength low alloys; tube, pipe, and bar products, including round, square, and rectangular mechanical and structural tubing; hydraulic and stainless tubing; boiler tubing; carbon, stainless, and aluminum pipes; valves and fittings; and tin mill products, such as electrolytic tinplate, electrolytic chromium coated steel, and black plates. The company also provides cutting-to-length, slitting, shearing, blanking, tempering, stretcher-leveling, plate and laser processing, forming and machining, tube processing, finishing, and fabrication services, as well as value-added services, such as saw cutting, laser cutting, beveling, threading, and grooving services. It serves metal consuming industries, such as manufacturers and fabricators of transportation and material handling lift equipment, construction, mining and farm equipment, agriculture equipment, storage tanks, environmental and energy generation equipment, automobiles, food service, and electrical equipment, as well as general and plate fabricators, and metals service centers through direct sales force. Olympic Steel, Inc. was founded in 1954 and is based in Highland Hills, Ohio.

Olympic Steel Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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89th Percentile Overall Score

ZEUS MarketRank™: 

Olympic Steel scored higher than 89% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 37th out of 186 stocks in the basic materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Olympic Steel has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Olympic Steel has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Olympic Steel's stock forecast and price target.
  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Olympic Steel is 16.18, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.13.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Olympic Steel is 16.18, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 74.49.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Olympic Steel has a P/B Ratio of 0.64. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Olympic Steel's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.86% of the float of Olympic Steel has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Olympic Steel has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Olympic Steel has recently increased by 9.94%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Olympic Steel pays a meaningful dividend of 1.93%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Olympic Steel has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Olympic Steel is 44.76%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Read more about Olympic Steel's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.86% of the float of Olympic Steel has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Olympic Steel has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Olympic Steel has recently increased by 9.94%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Olympic Steel has a news sentiment score of 1.62. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.58 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Olympic Steel this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    2 people have searched for ZEUS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    1 people have added Olympic Steel to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Olympic Steel insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    13.80% of the stock of Olympic Steel is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    87.07% of the stock of Olympic Steel is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Olympic Steel's insider trading history.
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ZEUS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Olympic Steel's stock was trading at $32.81 at the start of the year. Since then, ZEUS stock has decreased by 2.8% and is now trading at $31.88.
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Olympic Steel, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZEUS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 1st. The basic materials company reported $0.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.24 by $0.03. The basic materials company earned $492.94 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $466.80 million. Olympic Steel had a net margin of 1.18% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 3.31%.
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Olympic Steel subsidiaries include these companies: Berlin Metals, B. Metals Inc., Chicago Tube and Iron Company, IS Acquisition Inc, MCI Inc., Metales De Olympic S. de R. L. de C.V., Olympic Steel Iowa Inc, and more.

Olympic Steel's top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (5.47%), American Century Companies Inc. (3.13%), JB Capital Partners LP (1.85%) and Nuveen LLC (1.60%). Insiders that own company stock include Michael D Siegal and David A Wolfort.
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Shares of ZEUS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Olympic Steel investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), Netflix (NFLX), Palo Alto Networks (PANW) and ServiceNow (NOW).

Company Calendar

Record date for 3/17 Dividend
3/03/2025
Ex-Dividend for 3/17 Dividend
3/03/2025
Dividend Payable
3/17/2025
Last Earnings
5/01/2025
Today
5/20/2025
Record date for 6/16 Dividend
6/02/2025
Ex-Dividend for 6/16 Dividend
6/02/2025
Dividend Payable
6/16/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
8/07/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Industry
Metals service centers & offices
Sub-Industry
Steel
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:ZEUS
Employees
1,670
Year Founded
1954

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$41.00
High Stock Price Target
$41.00
Low Stock Price Target
$41.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+28.4%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
3.00
Research Coverage
1 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
16.21
Forward P/E Ratio
11.87
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$44.53 million
Pretax Margin
1.80%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$1.91 billion
Cash Flow
$5.24 per share
Price / Cash Flow
6.10
Book Value
$49.90 per share
Price / Book
0.64

Miscellaneous

Free Float
9,596,000
Market Cap
$356.55 million
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.75

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This page (NASDAQ:ZEUS) was last updated on 5/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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