SPLP vs. CSTM, SID, WS, IIIN, MTUS, UAMY, ASTL, LUD, FRD, and HUHU
Should you be buying Steel Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Steel Partners include Constellium (CSTM), National Steel (SID), Worthington Steel (WS), Insteel Industries (IIIN), Metallus (MTUS), United States Antimony (UAMY), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), Luda Technology Group (LUD), Friedman Industries (FRD), and HUHUTECH International Group (HUHU). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.
Steel Partners vs. Its Competitors
Steel Partners (NYSE:SPLP) and Constellium (NYSE:CSTM) are both small-cap steel works companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Constellium had 5 more articles in the media than Steel Partners. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Constellium and 1 mentions for Steel Partners. Constellium's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Steel Partners' score of 1.00 indicating that Constellium is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Steel Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Constellium. Steel Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Constellium, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Constellium has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.54%. Given Constellium's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Constellium is more favorable than Steel Partners.
50.8% of Steel Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of Constellium shares are owned by institutional investors. 84.8% of Steel Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Steel Partners has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Constellium has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Steel Partners has a net margin of 11.43% compared to Constellium's net margin of 0.37%. Steel Partners' return on equity of 21.72% beat Constellium's return on equity.
Summary
Constellium beats Steel Partners on 9 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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This page (NYSE:SPLP) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
