Metallus (MTUS) Competitors

Metallus (NYSE:MTUS) and Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (NYSE:SID) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in MTUS or SID?

77.6% of Metallus shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Metallus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is MTUS or SID more profitable?

Metallus has a net margin of 2.05% compared to Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's net margin of -2.37%. Metallus' return on equity of 6.15% beat Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Metallus	2.05%	6.15%	3.91%
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional	-2.37%	-5.79%	-1.11%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MTUS or SID?

Metallus has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional. Metallus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional, 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
Metallus	$1.04B	0.51	$69.40M	-$0.50	-25.37
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional	$44.88B	0.05	-$63.74M	-$0.35	-4.64

Which has more volatility and risk, MTUS or SID?

Metallus has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer MTUS or SID?

Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional has a consensus price target of $1.30, indicating a potential downside of 20.00%. Given Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is more favorable than Metallus.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Metallus	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Does the media prefer MTUS or SID?

In the previous week, Metallus had 8 more articles in the media than Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Metallus and 2 mentions for Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Metallus' score of 0.71 indicating that Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Metallus	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MTUS or SID?

Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional received 248 more outperform votes than Metallus when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.51% of users gave Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Metallus an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Metallus	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 1 100.00%
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional	Outperform Votes 248 54.51%	Underperform Votes 207 45.49%

Summary

Metallus beats Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.