WS vs. HAYN, DQ, HWKN, CENX, SAND, FSM, NGVT, SA, GPRE, and OEC
Should you be buying Worthington Steel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Worthington Steel include Haynes International (HAYN), Daqo New Energy (DQ), Hawkins (HWKN), Century Aluminum (CENX), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), Ingevity (NGVT), Seabridge Gold (SA), Green Plains (GPRE), and Orion (OEC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Haynes International (NASDAQ:HAYN) and Worthington Steel (NYSE:WS) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Haynes International has higher revenue and earnings than Worthington Steel.
97.3% of Haynes International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of Worthington Steel shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Haynes International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Haynes International had 3 more articles in the media than Worthington Steel. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Haynes International and 6 mentions for Worthington Steel. Haynes International's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Worthington Steel's score of 0.57 indicating that Worthington Steel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Haynes International received 217 more outperform votes than Worthington Steel when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave Worthington Steel an outperform vote while only 55.00% of users gave Haynes International an outperform vote.
Haynes International has a net margin of 6.94% compared to Haynes International's net margin of 0.00%. Worthington Steel's return on equity of 9.89% beat Haynes International's return on equity.
Haynes International presently has a consensus price target of $60.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.55%. Worthington Steel has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.54%. Given Haynes International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Worthington Steel is more favorable than Haynes International.
Haynes International pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Worthington Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Haynes International pays out 27.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Haynes International beats Worthington Steel on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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