MTUS vs. ASTL, EU, KOP, LAAC, UUUU, MATV, LAC, CRML, GSM, and CLW
Should you be buying Metallus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Metallus include Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), enCore Energy (EU), Koppers (KOP), Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), Energy Fuels (UUUU), Mativ (MATV), Lithium Americas (LAC), Critical Metals (CRML), Ferroglobe (GSM), and Clearwater Paper (CLW). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Metallus (NYSE:MTUS) and Algoma Steel Group (NASDAQ:ASTL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.
Algoma Steel Group received 4 more outperform votes than Metallus when rated by MarketBeat users.
Metallus has a net margin of 5.09% compared to Algoma Steel Group's net margin of 2.05%. Metallus' return on equity of 12.54% beat Algoma Steel Group's return on equity.
Metallus has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Algoma Steel Group has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Metallus had 16 more articles in the media than Algoma Steel Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Metallus and 1 mentions for Algoma Steel Group. Algoma Steel Group's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Metallus' score of 0.22 indicating that Algoma Steel Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
77.6% of Metallus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.0% of Algoma Steel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Metallus 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.
Algoma Steel Group has higher revenue and earnings than Metallus. Metallus 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.
Summary
Metallus beats Algoma Steel Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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