FSTR vs. ZEUS, RYI, RYAM, IPI, PLL, DC, TG, ATLX, VZLA, and GRWG
Should you be buying L.B. Foster stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of L.B. Foster include Olympic Steel (ZEUS), Ryerson (RYI), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Intrepid Potash (IPI), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Dakota Gold (DC), Tredegar (TG), Atlas Lithium (ATLX), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), and GrowGeneration (GRWG). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Olympic Steel (NASDAQ:ZEUS) and L.B. Foster (NASDAQ:FSTR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.
Olympic Steel received 137 more outperform votes than L.B. Foster when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.26% of users gave Olympic Steel an outperform vote while only 56.62% of users gave L.B. Foster an outperform vote.
Olympic Steel has higher revenue and earnings than L.B. Foster. Olympic Steel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than L.B. Foster, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Olympic Steel has a net margin of 2.05% compared to Olympic Steel's net margin of 0.27%. L.B. Foster's return on equity of 6.39% beat Olympic Steel's return on equity.
Olympic Steel has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, L.B. Foster has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Olympic Steel had 6 more articles in the media than L.B. Foster. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Olympic Steel and 7 mentions for L.B. Foster. L.B. Foster's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Olympic Steel's score of 0.30 indicating that Olympic Steel is being referred to more favorably in the media.
L.B. Foster has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential downside of 13.34%. Given Olympic Steel's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe L.B. Foster is more favorable than Olympic Steel.
87.1% of Olympic Steel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of L.B. Foster shares are held by institutional investors. 13.5% of Olympic Steel shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of L.B. Foster shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Olympic Steel beats L.B. Foster on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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