FSTR vs. ZEUS, RYI, NL, PLL, RYAM, IPI, PPTA, DC, VZLA, and AVD
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), NL Industries (NL), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Intrepid Potash (IPI), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), Dakota Gold (DC), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), and American Vanguard (AVD). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
L.B. Foster (NASDAQ:FSTR) and Olympic Steel (NASDAQ:ZEUS) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
L.B. Foster has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Olympic Steel has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
80.6% of L.B. Foster shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.1% of Olympic Steel shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of L.B. Foster shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Olympic Steel shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, L.B. Foster had 3 more articles in the media than Olympic Steel. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for L.B. Foster and 0 mentions for Olympic Steel. L.B. Foster's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Olympic Steel's score of 0.00 indicating that L.B. Foster is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Olympic Steel has a net margin of 2.05% compared to L.B. Foster's net margin of 1.46%. Olympic Steel's return on equity of 6.39% beat L.B. Foster's return on equity.
Olympic Steel received 136 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 56.59% of users gave L.B. Foster an outperform vote.
L.B. Foster presently has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.47%. Given L.B. Foster's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe L.B. Foster is more favorable than Olympic Steel.
Summary
Olympic Steel beats L.B. Foster on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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