ZEUS vs. RDUS, NUE, STLD, RS, CRS, ATI, CMC, CLF, WOR, and ASTL
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), Carpenter Technology (CRS), ATI (ATI), Commercial Metals (CMC), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), and Algoma Steel Group (ASTL).
Olympic Steel vs. Its Competitors
Radius Recycling (NASDAQ:RDUS) and Olympic Steel (NASDAQ:ZEUS) are both small-cap steel companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.
Olympic Steel has a net margin of 0.77% compared to Radius Recycling's net margin of -3.69%. Olympic Steel's return on equity of 1.95% beat Radius Recycling's return on equity.
Olympic Steel has lower revenue, but higher 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.
Radius Recycling has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Olympic Steel has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Radius Recycling presently has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential downside of 26.67%. Olympic Steel has a consensus target price of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.74%. Given Olympic Steel's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Olympic Steel is more favorable than Radius Recycling.
In the previous week, Olympic Steel had 14 more articles in the media than Radius Recycling. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Olympic Steel and 0 mentions for Radius Recycling. Radius Recycling's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Olympic Steel's score of -0.12 indicating that Radius Recycling is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 2.1%. Radius Recycling pays out -20.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Olympic Steel pays out 52.5% 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 raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Radius Recycling is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
78.1% of Radius Recycling shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.1% of Olympic Steel shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of Radius Recycling shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Olympic Steel shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Olympic Steel beats Radius Recycling on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ZEUS) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
