Olympic Steel (ZEUS) Competitors

Olympic Steel (NASDAQ:ZEUS) and Radius Recycling (NASDAQ:RDUS) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ZEUS or RDUS?

87.1% of Olympic Steel shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Radius Recycling shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.8% of Olympic Steel shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Radius Recycling shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ZEUS or RDUS?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Olympic Steel	$1.91B	0.19	$44.53M	$1.43	22.29
Radius Recycling	$223.36M	3.71	-$266.41M	-$9.98	-2.95

Does the media favor ZEUS or RDUS?

In the previous week, Radius Recycling had 5 more articles in the media than Olympic Steel. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Radius Recycling and 3 mentions for Olympic Steel. Olympic Steel's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Radius Recycling's score of 1.08 indicating that Olympic Steel is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Olympic Steel	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Radius Recycling	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ZEUS or RDUS?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Olympic Steel	Outperform Votes 361 65.16%	Underperform Votes 193 34.84%
Radius Recycling	Outperform Votes 344 52.52%	Underperform Votes 311 47.48%

Is ZEUS or RDUS a better dividend stock?

Olympic Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Radius Recycling pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Olympic Steel pays out 44.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Radius Recycling pays out -7.5% 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 increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Radius Recycling is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, ZEUS or RDUS?

Olympic Steel has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Radius Recycling has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer ZEUS or RDUS?

Olympic Steel presently has a consensus price target of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.61%. Radius Recycling has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential downside of 25.20%. Given Olympic Steel's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Olympic Steel is more favorable than Radius Recycling.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Olympic Steel	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Radius Recycling	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is ZEUS or RDUS more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Olympic Steel	1.18%	3.31%	1.86%
Radius Recycling	-10.49%	-14.16%	-6.08%

Summary

Olympic Steel beats Radius Recycling on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.