SPLP vs. WS, APWC, OCC, SID, HWM, MT, GGB, BOOM, BATRA, and WOR
Should you be buying Steel Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Steel Partners include Worthington Steel (WS), Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC), Optical Cable (OCC), Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (SID), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), ArcelorMittal (MT), Gerdau (GGB), DMC Global (BOOM), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), and Worthington Enterprises (WOR).
Steel Partners (NYSE:SPLP) and Worthington Steel (NYSE:WS) are both small-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
Worthington Steel has higher revenue and earnings than Steel Partners.
Worthington Steel has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.06%. Given Worthington Steel's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Worthington Steel is more favorable than Steel Partners.
Steel Partners received 214 more outperform votes than Worthington Steel when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.57% of users gave Steel Partners an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Worthington Steel an outperform vote.
50.8% of Steel Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of Worthington Steel shares are held by institutional investors. 79.2% of Steel Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Steel Partners and Steel Partners both had 3 articles in the media. Steel Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Worthington Steel's score of 0.27 indicating that Steel Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Steel Partners has a net margin of 8.27% compared to Worthington Steel's net margin of 0.00%. Steel Partners' return on equity of 16.61% beat Worthington Steel's return on equity.
Summary
Steel Partners beats Worthington Steel on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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