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RYI vs. STLD, ZEUS, CMC, NUE, RS, CENT, GLP, DSGR, GIC, and WKC

Should you be buying Ryerson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ryerson include Steel Dynamics (STLD), Olympic Steel (ZEUS), Commercial Metals (CMC), Nucor (NUE), Reliance (RS), Central Garden & Pet (CENT), Global Partners (GLP), Distribution Solutions Group (DSGR), Global Industrial (GIC), and World Kinect (WKC).

Ryerson vs. Its Competitors

Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) and Ryerson (NYSE:RYI) are related companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Steel Dynamics had 27 more articles in the media than Ryerson. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Steel Dynamics and 2 mentions for Ryerson. Ryerson's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Steel Dynamics' score of 0.69 indicating that Ryerson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Steel Dynamics
13 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ryerson
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Steel Dynamics has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryerson has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Steel Dynamics$17.54B1.15$1.54B$6.8619.93
Ryerson$4.60B0.16-$8.60M-$0.45-50.05

82.4% of Steel Dynamics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Ryerson shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Steel Dynamics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Ryerson shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Steel Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Ryerson pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Steel Dynamics pays out 29.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryerson pays out -166.7% 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. Steel Dynamics has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Ryerson has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Ryerson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Steel Dynamics currently has a consensus price target of $149.40, indicating a potential upside of 9.30%. Ryerson has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.01%. Given Ryerson's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ryerson is more favorable than Steel Dynamics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Steel Dynamics
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Ryerson
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Steel Dynamics has a net margin of 6.07% compared to Ryerson's net margin of -0.33%. Steel Dynamics' return on equity of 11.88% beat Ryerson's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Steel Dynamics6.07% 11.88% 6.71%
Ryerson -0.33%-1.72%-0.57%

Summary

Steel Dynamics beats Ryerson on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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RYI vs. The Competition

MetricRyersonMETAL PRD IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$725.18M$16.96B$7.80B$21.66B
Dividend Yield3.34%2.36%4.58%3.51%
P/E Ratio-50.0533.81307.8430.08
Price / Sales0.160.40250.0461.19
Price / Cash10.008.5527.9818.30
Price / Book0.871.384.804.64
Net Income-$8.60M$1.22B$799.16M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-2.59%0.71%1.28%0.99%
1 Month Performance-1.34%-1.84%2.46%2.77%
1 Year Performance16.39%-12.77%27.13%15.20%

Ryerson Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RYI
Ryerson
2.4382 of 5 stars
$22.52
-0.2%
$25.00
+11.0%
+13.9%$725.18M$4.60B-50.054,200Positive News
STLD
Steel Dynamics
4.7301 of 5 stars
$131.58
+0.7%
$149.40
+13.5%
+16.1%$19.23B$17.54B19.1813,000
ZEUS
Olympic Steel
4.4398 of 5 stars
$33.12
+0.8%
$38.00
+14.7%
-14.8%$368.07M$1.94B27.152,163Positive News
CMC
Commercial Metals
4.3838 of 5 stars
$58.48
+1.1%
$60.06
+2.7%
+8.2%$6.47B$7.93B188.6513,178
NUE
Nucor
4.9083 of 5 stars
$141.48
+0.1%
$156.80
+10.8%
-7.9%$32.44B$30.73B25.5432,700Analyst Revision
RS
Reliance
4.4544 of 5 stars
$291.20
+0.2%
$328.80
+12.9%
+1.4%$15.29B$13.84B21.2615,900
CENT
Central Garden & Pet
3.2202 of 5 stars
$35.61
-0.1%
$40.00
+12.3%
-10.8%$2.24B$3.20B16.196,450
GLP
Global Partners
3.9871 of 5 stars
$50.85
-2.7%
$56.00
+10.1%
+9.5%$1.78B$17.16B19.564,840
DSGR
Distribution Solutions Group
3.6475 of 5 stars
$31.45
+1.2%
$41.00
+30.4%
-16.9%$1.44B$1.80B349.444,400Positive News
GIC
Global Industrial
3.8321 of 5 stars
$37.08
+0.2%
N/A+10.5%$1.42B$1.32B21.681,845Positive News
WKC
World Kinect
2.8545 of 5 stars
$25.42
+0.2%
$29.40
+15.7%
-17.0%$1.41B$42.17B-3.334,745News Coverage
Positive News
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This page (NYSE:RYI) was last updated on 9/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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