Metallus (MTUS) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, WS or MTUS?

Worthington Steel has higher revenue and earnings than Metallus. Worthington Steel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Metallus, 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
Worthington Steel	$3.43B	0.44	$154.70M	$2.85	10.48
Metallus	$1.36B	0.48	$69.40M	$0.52	29.44

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of WS or MTUS?

45.4% of Worthington Steel shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of Metallus shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Worthington Steel shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Metallus shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer WS or MTUS?

In the previous week, Worthington Steel had 10 more articles in the media than Metallus. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Worthington Steel and 6 mentions for Metallus. Metallus' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Worthington Steel's score of 0.67 indicating that Metallus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Worthington Steel	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Metallus	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate WS or MTUS?

Worthington Steel presently has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.98%. Given Worthington Steel's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Worthington Steel is more favorable than Metallus.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Worthington Steel	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Metallus	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is WS or MTUS more profitable?

Worthington Steel has a net margin of 4.36% compared to Metallus' net margin of 2.05%. Worthington Steel's return on equity of 12.59% beat Metallus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Worthington Steel	4.36%	12.59%	7.74%
Metallus	2.05%	6.15%	3.91%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WS or MTUS?

Worthington Steel received 3 more outperform votes than Metallus when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Worthington Steel	Outperform Votes 3 60.00%	Underperform Votes 2 40.00%
Metallus	N/A	N/A

Summary

Worthington Steel beats Metallus on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.