USAP vs. ASTL, TWI, SXC, MTUS, PLL, RYAM, DC, FSTR, TG, and ATLX
Should you be buying Universal Stainless & Alloy Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Stainless & Alloy Products include Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), Titan International (TWI), SunCoke Energy (SXC), Metallus (MTUS), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Dakota Gold (DC), L.B. Foster (FSTR), Tredegar (TG), and Atlas Lithium (ATLX).
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products (NASDAQ:USAP) and Algoma Steel Group (NASDAQ:ASTL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products has a net margin of 3.21% compared to Algoma Steel Group's net margin of 2.05%. Universal Stainless & Alloy Products' return on equity of 4.25% beat Algoma Steel Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Universal Stainless & Alloy Products had 6 more articles in the media than Algoma Steel Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Universal Stainless & Alloy Products and 3 mentions for Algoma Steel Group. Algoma Steel Group's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Universal Stainless & Alloy Products' score of 0.00 indicating that Algoma Steel Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Algoma Steel Group has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products currently has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.52%. Given Universal Stainless & Alloy Products' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Universal Stainless & Alloy Products is more favorable than Algoma Steel Group.
Algoma Steel Group has higher revenue and earnings than Universal Stainless & Alloy Products. Universal Stainless & Alloy Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Algoma Steel Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
62.2% of Universal Stainless & Alloy Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.0% of Algoma Steel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of Universal Stainless & Alloy Products shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Algoma Steel Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products received 261 more outperform votes than Algoma Steel Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.26% of users gave Universal Stainless & Alloy Products an outperform vote while only 23.53% of users gave Algoma Steel Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products beats Algoma Steel Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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