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Olympic Steel (ZEUS) Competitors

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$29.37 +0.93 (+3.27%)
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ZEUS vs. LIN, STLD, CMC, NUE, RS, RYI, CRS, ATI, CLF, and WOR

Should you be buying Olympic Steel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Olympic Steel include Linde (LIN), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Commercial Metals (CMC), Nucor (NUE), Reliance (RS), Ryerson (RYI), Carpenter Technology (CRS), ATI (ATI), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), and Worthington Enterprises (WOR).

Olympic Steel vs. Its Competitors

Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) and Olympic Steel (NASDAQ:ZEUS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.

In the previous week, Linde had 24 more articles in the media than Olympic Steel. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Linde and 4 mentions for Olympic Steel. Linde's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Olympic Steel's score of 0.88 indicating that Linde is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Linde
25 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Olympic Steel
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

82.8% of Linde shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.1% of Olympic Steel shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Linde 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Linde has higher revenue and earnings than Olympic Steel. Olympic Steel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Linde, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Linde$33.01B6.39$6.57B$14.0632.01
Olympic Steel$1.88B0.18$22.98M$1.2224.07

Linde has a net margin of 20.20% compared to Olympic Steel's net margin of 0.77%. Linde's return on equity of 19.09% beat Olympic Steel's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Linde20.20% 19.09% 9.19%
Olympic Steel 0.77%1.95%1.07%

Linde has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Olympic Steel has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Linde currently has a consensus target price of $520.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.54%. Olympic Steel has a consensus target price of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.38%. Given Olympic Steel's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Olympic Steel is more favorable than Linde.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Linde
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Olympic Steel
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Linde pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Olympic Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Linde pays out 42.7% 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. Linde has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Olympic Steel has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Summary

Linde beats Olympic Steel on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ZEUS vs. The Competition

MetricOlympic SteelSTEEL IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$318.47M$8.48B$3.68B$10.59B
Dividend Yield2.21%2.95%5.07%4.86%
P/E Ratio24.0721.8489.7428.46
Price / Sales0.180.5021,360.25225.02
Price / Cash6.368.0626.2960.64
Price / Book0.570.857.046.53
Net Income$22.98M$259.08M$148.62M$276.75M
7 Day Performance6.72%2.43%162.29%0.93%
1 Month Performance-7.96%2.52%182.03%1.41%
1 Year Performance-20.23%29.10%255.58%31.59%

Olympic Steel Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZEUS
Olympic Steel
4.4398 of 5 stars
$29.37
+3.3%
$38.00
+29.4%
-19.6%$318.47M$1.88B24.072,163News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
LIN
Linde
4.3903 of 5 stars
$456.64
+0.6%
$520.00
+13.9%
-5.7%$212.80B$33.01B32.4865,289Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
STLD
Steel Dynamics
4.7735 of 5 stars
$145.54
+3.1%
$149.89
+3.0%
+17.2%$20.79B$17.54B21.2213,000Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
CMC
Commercial Metals
4.7255 of 5 stars
$59.06
+3.7%
$61.39
+3.9%
+18.8%$6.38B$7.93B190.5213,178Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
NUE
Nucor
4.9541 of 5 stars
$136.82
+2.4%
$157.60
+15.2%
-2.3%$30.68B$30.73B24.7032,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
RS
Reliance
4.727 of 5 stars
$275.39
+1.2%
$327.80
+19.0%
-3.1%$14.31B$13.84B20.1015,900Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Down
RYI
Ryerson
2.0785 of 5 stars
$22.59
+3.2%
$25.00
+10.7%
+13.0%$705.16M$4.60B-50.204,200Upcoming Earnings
CRS
Carpenter Technology
3.9452 of 5 stars
$241.62
+0.2%
$278.33
+15.2%
+91.0%$12.02B$2.88B32.564,500Trending News
Earnings Report
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
ATI
ATI
3.963 of 5 stars
$83.00
+3.7%
$90.86
+9.5%
+42.5%$11.03B$4.36B28.827,700Upcoming Earnings
CLF
Cleveland-Cliffs
1.8047 of 5 stars
$13.81
+4.8%
$11.93
-13.6%
+0.5%$6.52B$19.19B-4.0530,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
WOR
Worthington Enterprises
4.3829 of 5 stars
$55.60
+1.0%
$62.33
+12.1%
+48.8%$2.73B$1.15B26.103,400Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ZEUS) was last updated on 10/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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