RYI vs. ZEUS, MAG, HBM, IAG, ANDE, CGAU, SA, CMP, PLL, and CDE
Should you be buying Ryerson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ryerson include Olympic Steel (ZEUS), MAG Silver (MAG), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), IAMGOLD (IAG), Andersons (ANDE), Centerra Gold (CGAU), Seabridge Gold (SA), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), and Coeur Mining (CDE). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Ryerson vs.
Ryerson (NYSE:RYI) and Olympic Steel (NASDAQ:ZEUS) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Olympic Steel received 89 more outperform votes than Ryerson when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.06% of users gave Olympic Steel an outperform vote while only 59.18% of users gave Ryerson an outperform vote.
Ryerson has a net margin of 4.59% compared to Olympic Steel's net margin of 2.61%. Ryerson's return on equity of 32.23% beat Olympic Steel's return on equity.
Ryerson pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Olympic Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Ryerson pays out 9.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Olympic Steel pays out 9.1% 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.
Ryerson currently has a consensus target price of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.72%. Given Ryerson's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ryerson is more favorable than Olympic Steel.
In the previous week, Olympic Steel had 1 more articles in the media than Ryerson. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Olympic Steel and 3 mentions for Ryerson. Olympic Steel's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Ryerson's score of 0.45 indicating that Olympic Steel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ryerson has higher revenue and earnings than Olympic Steel. Ryerson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Olympic Steel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
92.6% of Ryerson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of Olympic Steel shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Ryerson shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Olympic Steel shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ryerson has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Olympic Steel has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ryerson beats Olympic Steel on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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