WOR vs. GWW, CRS, ATI, CMC, CLF, ZEUS, NUE, STLD, RS, and TREX
Should you be buying Worthington Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Worthington Enterprises include W.W. Grainger (GWW), Carpenter Technology (CRS), ATI (ATI), Commercial Metals (CMC), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Olympic Steel (ZEUS), Nucor (NUE), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Reliance (RS), and Trex (TREX).
Worthington Enterprises vs. Its Competitors
Worthington Enterprises (NYSE:WOR) and W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) are related companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, W.W. Grainger had 25 more articles in the media than Worthington Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for W.W. Grainger and 8 mentions for Worthington Enterprises. Worthington Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat W.W. Grainger's score of 1.11 indicating that Worthington Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Worthington Enterprises currently has a consensus price target of $59.00, indicating a potential downside of 11.99%. W.W. Grainger has a consensus price target of $1,080.38, indicating a potential upside of 5.86%. Given W.W. Grainger's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe W.W. Grainger is more favorable than Worthington Enterprises.
W.W. Grainger has higher revenue and earnings than Worthington Enterprises. W.W. Grainger is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Worthington Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Worthington Enterprises has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W.W. Grainger has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
51.6% of Worthington Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of W.W. Grainger shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Worthington Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of W.W. Grainger shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Worthington Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. W.W. Grainger pays an annual dividend of $9.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Worthington Enterprises pays out 35.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. W.W. Grainger pays out 22.9% 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. W.W. Grainger has increased its dividend for 55 consecutive years.
W.W. Grainger has a net margin of 10.99% compared to Worthington Enterprises' net margin of 8.33%. W.W. Grainger's return on equity of 49.63% beat Worthington Enterprises' return on equity.
Summary
W.W. Grainger beats Worthington Enterprises on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WOR) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff