MTUS vs. ASTL, LAC, NEXA, UUUU, MATV, GSM, KOP, SSRM, PRM, and CLW
Should you be buying Metallus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Metallus include Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), Lithium Americas (LAC), Nexa Resources (NEXA), Energy Fuels (UUUU), Mativ (MATV), Ferroglobe (GSM), Koppers (KOP), SSR Mining (SSRM), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), and Clearwater Paper (CLW). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Algoma Steel Group (NASDAQ:ASTL) and Metallus (NYSE:MTUS) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.
72.0% of Algoma Steel Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of Metallus shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Metallus shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Metallus has a net margin of 5.81% compared to Metallus' net margin of 2.05%. Algoma Steel Group's return on equity of 13.06% beat Metallus' return on equity.
Algoma Steel Group received 4 more outperform votes than Metallus when rated by MarketBeat users.
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.
In the previous week, Metallus had 19 more articles in the media than Algoma Steel Group. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Metallus and 1 mentions for Algoma Steel Group. Metallus' average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Algoma Steel Group's score of 0.05 indicating that Algoma Steel Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Algoma Steel Group has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metallus has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Metallus beats Algoma Steel Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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