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Ryerson (RYI) Competitors

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RYI vs. CENT, GLP, WKC, DSGR, GIC, CAPL, VSTS, ITRN, STKL, and MGPI

Should you be buying Ryerson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ryerson include Central Garden & Pet (CENT), Global Partners (GLP), World Kinect (WKC), Distribution Solutions Group (DSGR), Global Industrial (GIC), CrossAmerica Partners (CAPL), Vestis (VSTS), Ituran Location and Control (ITRN), SunOpta (STKL), and MGP Ingredients (MGPI). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.

Ryerson vs. Its Competitors

Ryerson (NYSE:RYI) and Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENT) are both wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and risk.

Ryerson currently has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.13%. Central Garden & Pet has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.91%. Given Central Garden & Pet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Central Garden & Pet is more favorable than Ryerson.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ryerson
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Central Garden & Pet
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Central Garden & Pet has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ryerson. Ryerson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Central Garden & Pet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ryerson$4.60B0.16-$8.60M-$0.22-103.18
Central Garden & Pet$3.20B0.74$107.98M$1.8719.29

In the previous week, Ryerson had 5 more articles in the media than Central Garden & Pet. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Ryerson and 1 mentions for Central Garden & Pet. Central Garden & Pet's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Ryerson's score of 0.36 indicating that Central Garden & Pet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Ryerson Neutral
Central Garden & Pet Positive

Central Garden & Pet has a net margin of 3.90% compared to Ryerson's net margin of -0.15%. Central Garden & Pet's return on equity of 10.14% beat Ryerson's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ryerson-0.15% -0.65% -0.22%
Central Garden & Pet 3.90%10.14%4.40%

Ryerson has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

94.8% of Ryerson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.1% of Central Garden & Pet shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of Ryerson shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Central Garden & Pet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Central Garden & Pet beats Ryerson on 12 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

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$729.85M$13.75B$7.47B$20.43B
Dividend Yield3.48%2.66%4.56%3.76%
P/E Ratio-103.0316.4324.5027.62
Price / Sales0.160.41109.3936.40
Price / Cash9.617.5927.3621.79
Price / Book0.881.284.324.52
Net Income-$8.60M$1.21B$790.28M$984.47M
7 Day Performance9.66%5.18%2.26%2.61%
1 Month Performance4.91%4.30%4.35%4.99%
1 Year Performance17.86%-36.26%31.34%13.53%

Ryerson Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RYI
Ryerson
2.2244 of 5 stars
$22.70
+5.2%
$25.00
+10.1%
+16.4%$729.85M$4.60B-103.034,200News Coverage
Positive News
CENT
Central Garden & Pet
3.25 of 5 stars
$35.18
+2.1%
$40.00
+13.7%
-7.1%$2.26B$3.20B18.816,450
GLP
Global Partners
2.6795 of 5 stars
$54.40
+0.7%
$56.00
+2.9%
+11.3%$1.84B$17.16B17.274,840
WKC
World Kinect
1.018 of 5 stars
$27.40
-1.4%
$29.00
+5.8%
+12.4%$1.57B$42.17B114.174,745
DSGR
Distribution Solutions Group
3.9142 of 5 stars
$27.07
+1.8%
$40.50
+49.6%
-2.7%$1.23B$1.80B1,354.184,400Positive News
GIC
Global Industrial
3.7093 of 5 stars
$26.96
+1.8%
N/A-9.0%$1.02B$1.32B17.061,845
CAPL
CrossAmerica Partners
1.3289 of 5 stars
$21.44
+1.3%
N/A+5.4%$806.14M$4.10B26.792,220
VSTS
Vestis
4.3211 of 5 stars
$5.81
+1.5%
$11.75
+102.4%
-47.9%$753.80M$2.81B-32.2510,800Trending News
ITRN
Ituran Location and Control
4.213 of 5 stars
$36.05
+1.3%
$50.00
+38.7%
+59.8%$708.01M$336.26M12.972,892Positive News
STKL
SunOpta
3.6098 of 5 stars
$5.93
-1.0%
$9.50
+60.2%
+14.1%$704.08M$723.73M-45.621,248Positive News
MGPI
MGP Ingredients
4.3455 of 5 stars
$29.47
-0.2%
$50.33
+70.8%
-56.2%$627.94M$703.62M65.49690Positive News

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