ZEUS vs. RDUS, NUE, STLD, RS, X, CRS, ATI, CMC, CLF, and WOR
Should you be buying Olympic Steel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Olympic Steel include Radius Recycling (RDUS), Nucor (NUE), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Reliance (RS), United States Steel (X), Carpenter Technology (CRS), ATI (ATI), Commercial Metals (CMC), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), and Worthington Enterprises (WOR). These companies are all part of the "steel" industry.
Olympic Steel vs.
Radius Recycling (NASDAQ:RDUS) and Olympic Steel (NASDAQ:ZEUS) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Olympic Steel has higher revenue and earnings than Radius Recycling. Radius Recycling is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Olympic Steel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
78.1% of Radius Recycling shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.1% of Olympic Steel shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of Radius Recycling shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Olympic Steel shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Olympic Steel had 1 more articles in the media than Radius Recycling. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Olympic Steel and 3 mentions for Radius Recycling. Olympic Steel's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Radius Recycling's score of 1.27 indicating that Olympic Steel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Radius Recycling has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more 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.
Olympic Steel has a net margin of 1.18% compared to Radius Recycling's net margin of -10.49%. Olympic Steel's return on equity of 3.31% beat Radius Recycling's return on equity.
Olympic Steel received 17 more outperform votes than Radius Recycling when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.16% of users gave Olympic Steel an outperform vote while only 52.52% of users gave Radius Recycling an outperform vote.
Radius Recycling presently has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential downside of 25.68%. Olympic Steel has a consensus price target of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.77%. Given Olympic Steel's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Olympic Steel is more favorable than Radius Recycling.
Radius Recycling pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Olympic Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Radius Recycling pays out -7.5% 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. Olympic Steel has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Radius Recycling is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Olympic Steel beats Radius Recycling on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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