WOR vs. X, ATI, CLF, CMC, CRS, HAYN, ZEUS, RDUS, NUE, and STLD
Should you be buying Worthington Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Worthington Enterprises include United States Steel (X), ATI (ATI), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Commercial Metals (CMC), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Haynes International (HAYN), Olympic Steel (ZEUS), Radius Recycling (RDUS), Nucor (NUE), and Steel Dynamics (STLD). These companies are all part of the "steel" industry.
Worthington Enterprises (NYSE:WOR) and United States Steel (NYSE:X) are both mid-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
United States Steel has a net margin of 4.89% compared to Worthington Enterprises' net margin of 3.79%. Worthington Enterprises' return on equity of 15.57% beat United States Steel's return on equity.
Worthington Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. United States Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Worthington Enterprises pays out 30.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United States Steel pays out 5.9% 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.
United States Steel has higher revenue and earnings than Worthington Enterprises. United States Steel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Worthington Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
51.6% of Worthington Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of United States Steel shares are held by institutional investors. 38.5% of Worthington Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of United States Steel 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.
In the previous week, United States Steel had 12 more articles in the media than Worthington Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for United States Steel and 5 mentions for Worthington Enterprises. Worthington Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat United States Steel's score of 0.50 indicating that Worthington Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.
United States Steel received 610 more outperform votes than Worthington Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.47% of users gave United States Steel an outperform vote while only 53.44% of users gave Worthington Enterprises an outperform vote.
Worthington Enterprises currently has a consensus target price of $50.33, indicating a potential downside of 0.92%. United States Steel has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.77%. Given Worthington Enterprises' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Worthington Enterprises is more favorable than United States Steel.
Worthington Enterprises has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United States Steel has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
United States Steel beats Worthington Enterprises on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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