WS vs. SID, CSTM, SPLP, ASTL, MTUS, UAMY, ACNT, LUD, HUHU, and APWC
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), Luda Technology Group (LUD), HUHUTECH International Group (HUHU), and Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.
Worthington Steel vs.
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (NYSE:SID) and Worthington Steel (NYSE:WS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.3%. Worthington Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional pays out -146.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Worthington Steel pays out 22.5% 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.
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional received 241 more outperform votes than Worthington Steel when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Worthington Steel an outperform vote while only 54.20% of users gave Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional an outperform vote.
Worthington Steel has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
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.
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional has a beta of 2.16, meaning that its stock price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Worthington Steel has a beta of 2.62, meaning that its stock price is 162% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Worthington Steel had 1 more articles in the media than Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Worthington Steel and 9 mentions for Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Worthington Steel's score of 0.18 indicating that Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional presently has a consensus price target of $2.40, suggesting a potential upside of 33.70%. Worthington Steel has a consensus price target of $34.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.00%. Given Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is more favorable than Worthington Steel.
45.4% of Worthington Steel shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Worthington Steel shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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 3/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
