Critical Survey: Metallus (MTUS) & Its Competitors

Metallus (NYSE:MTUS) is one of 25 publicly-traded companies in the “Blast furnaces & steel mills” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Metallus to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Risk & Volatility

Metallus has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metallus’ competitors have a beta of 1.55, indicating that their average stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Metallus and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Metallus	0	0	0	0	N/A
Metallus Competitors	338	1265	1281	58	2.36

As a group, “Blast furnaces & steel mills” companies have a potential upside of 14.72%. Given Metallus’ competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Metallus has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Metallus and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Metallus	5.09%	12.54%	7.79%
Metallus Competitors	5.94%	11.59%	6.16%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

77.6% of Metallus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.5% of shares of all “Blast furnaces & steel mills” companies are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Metallus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of shares of all “Blast furnaces & steel mills” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Metallus and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Metallus	$1.36 billion	$69.40 million	14.08
Metallus Competitors	$17.81 billion	$1.29 billion	17.10

Metallus’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Metallus. Metallus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Metallus competitors beat Metallus on 6 of the 10 factors compared.

About Metallus

Metallus Inc. manufactures and sells alloy steel, and carbon and micro-alloy steel products in the United States and internationally. The company offers special bar quality (SBQ) bars, seamless mechanical tubes, precision steel components, and billets that are used in gears, hubs, axles, crankshafts and motor shafts, oil country drill pipes, bits and collars, bearing races and rolling elements, bushings, fuel injectors, wind energy shafts, anti-friction bearings, artillery and mortar bodies, and other applications. It also provides custom-make precision steel components. It offers its products and services to the automotive, energy, industrial equipment, mining, construction, rail, aerospace and defense, heavy truck, agriculture, and power generation sectors. The company was formerly known as TimkenSteel Corporation and changed its name to Metallus Inc. in February 2024. Metallus Inc. was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Canton, Ohio.