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 superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
Linde pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Olympic Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. 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 raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Olympic Steel has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
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.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Olympic Steel shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Linde has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than 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.
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.
Linde presently has a consensus price target of $519.63, suggesting a potential upside of 8.02%. Olympic Steel has a consensus price target of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.81%. Given Olympic Steel's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Olympic Steel is more favorable than Linde.
In the previous week, Linde had 29 more articles in the media than Olympic Steel. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Linde and 5 mentions for Olympic Steel. Olympic Steel's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Linde's score of 1.60 indicating that Olympic Steel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Linde beats Olympic Steel on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ZEUS) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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