WS vs. SID, CSTM, SPLP, ASTL, MTUS, UAMY, ACNT, FRD, HUHU, and LUD
Should you be buying Worthington Steel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Worthington Steel include Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (SID), Constellium (CSTM), Steel Partners (SPLP), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), Metallus (MTUS), United States Antimony (UAMY), Ascent Industries (ACNT), Friedman Industries (FRD), HUHUTECH International Group (HUHU), and Luda Technology Group (LUD). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.
Worthington Steel vs. Its Competitors
Worthington Steel (NYSE:WS) and Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (NYSE:SID) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
Worthington Steel has a net margin of 4.36% compared to Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's net margin of -2.37%. Worthington Steel's return on equity of 12.59% beat Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's return on equity.
In the previous week, Worthington Steel had 1 more articles in the media than Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Worthington Steel and 1 mentions for Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Worthington Steel's score of 1.19 indicating that Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional received 244 more outperform votes than Worthington Steel when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Worthington Steel an outperform vote while only 54.51% of users gave Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional an outperform vote.
45.4% of Worthington Steel shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Worthington Steel shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Worthington Steel has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Worthington Steel presently has a consensus target price of $34.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.14%. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional has a consensus target price of $1.30, suggesting a potential downside of 14.75%. Given Worthington Steel's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Worthington Steel is more favorable than Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional.
Worthington Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Worthington Steel pays out 29.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional pays out -25.7% 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. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Worthington Steel has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Worthington Steel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Worthington Steel beats Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WS) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
