USAP vs. TWI, ASTL, SXC, MTUS, IPI, RYAM, PLL, FSTR, DC, and PPTA
Should you be buying Universal Stainless & Alloy Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Stainless & Alloy Products include Titan International (TWI), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), SunCoke Energy (SXC), Metallus (MTUS), Intrepid Potash (IPI), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), L.B. Foster (FSTR), Dakota Gold (DC), and Perpetua Resources (PPTA).
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products (NASDAQ:USAP) and Titan International (NYSE:TWI) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.
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, Titan International has a beta of 2.09, suggesting that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Titan International had 16 more articles in the media than Universal Stainless & Alloy Products. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Titan International and 1 mentions for Universal Stainless & Alloy Products. Universal Stainless & Alloy Products' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Titan International's score of -0.11 indicating that Universal Stainless & Alloy Products is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Titan International received 67 more outperform votes than Universal Stainless & Alloy Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.41% of users gave Titan International an outperform vote while only 56.26% of users gave Universal Stainless & Alloy Products an outperform vote.
62.2% of Universal Stainless & Alloy Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Titan International shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of Universal Stainless & Alloy Products shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.5% of Titan International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products currently has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.63%. Given Universal Stainless & Alloy Products' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Universal Stainless & Alloy Products is more favorable than Titan International.
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products has a net margin of 3.21% compared to Titan International's net margin of 3.20%. Titan International's return on equity of 17.27% beat Universal Stainless & Alloy Products' return on equity.
Titan International has higher revenue and earnings than Universal Stainless & Alloy Products. Titan International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Titan International beats Universal Stainless & Alloy Products on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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