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Olympic Steel (ZEUS) Competitors

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$47.86 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 08/14/2026

ZEUS vs. AMR, WS, SID, MTUS, and SXC

Should you buy Olympic Steel stock or one of its competitors? Olympic Steel's main competitors and comparable companies include Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR), Worthington Steel (WS), National Steel (SID), Metallus (MTUS), and SunCoke Energy (SXC). Companies are selected based on similarities in market, industry, and size. These companies are all part of the "steel" industry.

How does Olympic Steel compare to Alpha Metallurgical Resources?

Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE:AMR) and Olympic Steel (NASDAQ:ZEUS) are both materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.

84.3% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.1% of Olympic Steel shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.2% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Olympic Steel shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Olympic Steel's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Alpha Metallurgical Resources' score of -0.29 indicating that Olympic Steel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Alpha Metallurgical Resources Neutral
Olympic Steel Neutral

Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Olympic Steel has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the broader market.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources currently has a consensus price target of $177.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.59%. Given Alpha Metallurgical Resources' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Alpha Metallurgical Resources is more favorable than Olympic Steel.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alpha Metallurgical Resources
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.86
Olympic Steel
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Olympic Steel has a net margin of 0.73% compared to Alpha Metallurgical Resources' net margin of -2.23%. Olympic Steel's return on equity of 2.11% beat Alpha Metallurgical Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alpha Metallurgical Resources-2.23% -2.99% -2.01%
Olympic Steel 0.73%2.11%1.14%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alpha Metallurgical Resources$2.13B0.99-$61.69M-$3.58N/A
Olympic Steel$1.90B0.28$22.98M$1.1740.91

Summary

Olympic Steel beats Alpha Metallurgical Resources on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Olympic Steel compare to Worthington Steel?

Olympic Steel (NASDAQ:ZEUS) and Worthington Steel (NYSE:WS) are both small-cap materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.

87.1% of Olympic Steel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of Worthington Steel shares are held by institutional investors. 13.8% of Olympic Steel shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Worthington Steel shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Olympic Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Worthington Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Olympic Steel pays out 54.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Worthington Steel pays out 46.0% 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. Worthington Steel is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Worthington Steel has a consensus target price of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.20%. Given Worthington Steel's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Worthington Steel is more favorable than Olympic Steel.

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Olympic Steel$1.90B0.28$22.98M$1.1740.91
Worthington Steel$3.44B0.56$8.50M$1.3927.31

In the previous week, Worthington Steel had 2 more articles in the media than Olympic Steel. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Worthington Steel and 0 mentions for Olympic Steel. Worthington Steel's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Olympic Steel's score of 0.00 indicating that Worthington Steel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Olympic Steel Neutral
Worthington Steel Very Positive

Olympic Steel has a net margin of 0.73% compared to Worthington Steel's net margin of 0.50%. Worthington Steel's return on equity of 8.87% beat Olympic Steel's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Olympic Steel0.73% 2.11% 1.14%
Worthington Steel 0.50%8.87%4.89%

Olympic Steel has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its share price is 75% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Worthington Steel has a beta of 2.3, suggesting that its share price is 130% more volatile than the broader market.

Summary

Worthington Steel beats Olympic Steel on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Olympic Steel compare to National Steel?

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

87.1% of Olympic Steel shares are held by institutional investors. 13.8% of Olympic Steel shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of National Steel shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Olympic Steel$1.90B0.28$22.98M$1.1740.91
National Steel$8.02B0.15-$358.62M-$0.34N/A

In the previous week, National Steel had 9 more articles in the media than Olympic Steel. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for National Steel and 0 mentions for Olympic Steel. National Steel's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Olympic Steel's score of 0.00 indicating that National Steel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Olympic Steel Neutral
National Steel Positive

Olympic Steel has a net margin of 0.73% compared to National Steel's net margin of -5.26%. Olympic Steel's return on equity of 2.11% beat National Steel's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Olympic Steel0.73% 2.11% 1.14%
National Steel -5.26%-14.91%-2.43%

National Steel has a consensus price target of $1.40, suggesting a potential upside of 58.19%. Given National Steel's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe National Steel is more favorable than Olympic Steel.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Olympic Steel
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
National Steel
3 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

Olympic Steel has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, National Steel has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the broader market.

Summary

Olympic Steel beats National Steel on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Olympic Steel compare to Metallus?

Olympic Steel (NASDAQ:ZEUS) and Metallus (NYSE:MTUS) are both small-cap materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Olympic Steel has a net margin of 0.73% compared to Metallus' net margin of 0.66%. Metallus' return on equity of 3.35% beat Olympic Steel's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Olympic Steel0.73% 2.11% 1.14%
Metallus 0.66%3.35%2.02%

87.1% of Olympic Steel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of Metallus shares are held by institutional investors. 13.8% of Olympic Steel shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Metallus shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Olympic Steel$1.90B0.28$22.98M$1.1740.91
Metallus$1.16B0.78-$1.20M$0.19114.51

In the previous week, Olympic Steel's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Metallus' score of -0.67 indicating that Olympic Steel is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Olympic Steel Neutral
Metallus Negative

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Olympic Steel
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Metallus
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Olympic Steel has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Metallus has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the broader market.

Summary

Olympic Steel beats Metallus on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Olympic Steel compare to SunCoke Energy?

Olympic Steel (NASDAQ:ZEUS) and SunCoke Energy (NYSE:SXC) are both small-cap materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Olympic Steel has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, SunCoke Energy has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the broader market.

Olympic Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. SunCoke Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Olympic Steel pays out 54.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SunCoke Energy pays out -75.0% 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 and SunCoke Energy has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. SunCoke Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

87.1% of Olympic Steel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of SunCoke Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 13.8% of Olympic Steel shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of SunCoke Energy shares are held 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.

Olympic Steel has a net margin of 0.73% compared to SunCoke Energy's net margin of -2.88%. SunCoke Energy's return on equity of 6.37% beat Olympic Steel's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Olympic Steel0.73% 2.11% 1.14%
SunCoke Energy -2.88%6.37%2.28%

SunCoke Energy has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.69%. Given SunCoke Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SunCoke Energy is more favorable than Olympic Steel.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Olympic Steel
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
SunCoke Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Olympic Steel$1.90B0.28$22.98M$1.1740.91
SunCoke Energy$1.84B0.43-$44.20M-$0.64N/A

In the previous week, SunCoke Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Olympic Steel. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for SunCoke Energy and 0 mentions for Olympic Steel. SunCoke Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Olympic Steel's score of 0.00 indicating that SunCoke Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Olympic Steel Neutral
SunCoke Energy Positive

Summary

SunCoke Energy beats Olympic Steel on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ZEUS vs. The Competition

MetricOlympic SteelMetals & Mining IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$535.94M$3.77B$4.84B$13.07B
Dividend Yield1.34%5.23%4.71%10.65%
P/E Ratio40.9123.6025.5325.37
Price / Sales0.287,610.354,521.46107.60
Price / Cash10.7029.6927.1253.27
Price / Book0.9310.418.856.21
Net Income$22.98M$122.18M$154.16M$347.71M
7 Day PerformanceN/A1.28%0.96%1.08%
1 Month PerformanceN/A8.56%7.10%0.82%
1 Year Performance49.19%54.92%43.37%20.99%

Olympic Steel Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZEUS
Olympic Steel
N/A$47.86
flat
N/AN/A$535.94M$1.90B40.912,163
AMR
Alpha Metallurgical Resources
3.0233 of 5 stars
$164.62
+5.8%
$177.00
+7.5%
+4.0%$2.09B$2.13BN/A3,960
WS
Worthington Steel
4.8031 of 5 stars
$38.15
+0.3%
$46.00
+20.6%
+17.7%$1.94B$3.44B27.445,400
SID
National Steel
3.4917 of 5 stars
$0.88
-2.7%
$1.40
+60.0%
-33.2%$1.16B$8.02BN/A29,664
MTUS
Metallus
1.5842 of 5 stars
$21.72
+1.0%
N/A+36.5%$900.71M$1.16B114.371,865

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This page (NASDAQ:ZEUS) was last updated on 8/15/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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