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Carpenter Technology (CRS) Competitors

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$249.00 +7.23 (+2.99%)
Closing price 10/21/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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CRS vs. FSTR, HWKN, IOSP, AGI, AXTA, CCJ, EGO, KOP, LYB, and DNN

Should you be buying Carpenter Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carpenter Technology include L.B. Foster (FSTR), Hawkins (HWKN), Innospec (IOSP), Alamos Gold (AGI), Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), Cameco (CCJ), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Koppers (KOP), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), and Denison Mine (DNN). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Carpenter Technology vs. Its Competitors

L.B. Foster (NASDAQ:FSTR) and Carpenter Technology (NYSE:CRS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.

Carpenter Technology has a net margin of 13.07% compared to L.B. Foster's net margin of 7.19%. Carpenter Technology's return on equity of 21.50% beat L.B. Foster's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
L.B. Foster7.19% 3.64% 1.88%
Carpenter Technology 13.07%21.50%11.28%

In the previous week, Carpenter Technology had 8 more articles in the media than L.B. Foster. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Carpenter Technology and 4 mentions for L.B. Foster. L.B. Foster's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Carpenter Technology's score of 1.09 indicating that L.B. Foster is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
L.B. Foster
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Carpenter Technology
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

L.B. Foster has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carpenter Technology has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

80.6% of L.B. Foster shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Carpenter Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of L.B. Foster shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Carpenter Technology 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.

Carpenter Technology has higher revenue and earnings than L.B. Foster. L.B. Foster is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carpenter Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
L.B. Foster$530.77M0.54$42.95M$3.328.07
Carpenter Technology$2.88B4.31$376M$7.4233.56

L.B. Foster presently has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.68%. Carpenter Technology has a consensus target price of $278.33, suggesting a potential upside of 11.78%. Given Carpenter Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Carpenter Technology is more favorable than L.B. Foster.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
L.B. Foster
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Carpenter Technology
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Summary

Carpenter Technology beats L.B. Foster on 14 of the 16 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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CRS vs. The Competition

MetricCarpenter TechnologySTEEL IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.05B$5.29B$3.76B$22.00B
Dividend Yield0.34%1.13%5.06%3.61%
P/E Ratio33.5622.5321.2632.73
Price / Sales4.311.6019,932.0261.11
Price / Cash23.2419.2726.7524.48
Price / Book6.573.176.964.67
Net Income$376M$169.89M$148.62M$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.72%2.62%-4.65%-0.31%
1 Month Performance2.70%-6.64%6.39%-0.17%
1 Year Performance59.82%36.07%51.98%11.29%

Carpenter Technology Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRS
Carpenter Technology
3.7773 of 5 stars
$249.00
+3.0%
$278.33
+11.8%
+56.9%$12.05B$2.88B33.564,500Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FSTR
L.B. Foster
3.9047 of 5 stars
$26.14
+2.2%
$25.00
-4.4%
+35.9%$271.09M$530.77M43.361,057Positive News
HWKN
Hawkins
2.7559 of 5 stars
$173.92
+4.3%
$162.50
-6.6%
+31.5%$3.48B$974.43M41.081,035Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
IOSP
Innospec
1.8871 of 5 stars
$74.52
+0.8%
N/A-32.7%$1.84B$1.85B13.592,450Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
AGI
Alamos Gold
3.8439 of 5 stars
$34.78
+5.2%
$31.17
-10.4%
+52.5%$13.90B$1.35B35.922,400Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
AXTA
Axalta Coating Systems
4.6235 of 5 stars
$26.78
+1.5%
$36.43
+36.0%
-18.8%$5.72B$5.28B10.9012,800Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
CCJ
Cameco
3.6888 of 5 stars
$92.09
+6.3%
$89.55
-2.8%
+42.9%$37.73B$2.29B99.602,884Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
EGO
Eldorado Gold
3.7626 of 5 stars
$28.75
+4.2%
$26.40
-8.2%
+39.0%$5.61B$1.32B16.334,800Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
KOP
Koppers
4.355 of 5 stars
$26.73
+1.4%
$52.50
+96.4%
-22.3%$519.50M$2.09B6.092,082
LYB
LyondellBasell Industries
4.6802 of 5 stars
$46.24
+3.0%
$60.07
+29.9%
-49.6%$14.45B$40.30B12.5520,000
DNN
Denison Mine
1.8488 of 5 stars
$3.08
+6.9%
$2.75
-10.7%
+18.8%$2.58B$2.88M0.0093Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:CRS) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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