Head to Head Contrast: Metallus (MTUS) & The Competition

Metallus (NYSE:MTUS) is one of 58 public companies in the “Steel” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Metallus to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Metallus and its peers’ 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	7.87%	15.83%	7.48%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

77.6% of Metallus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.6% of shares of all “Steel” companies are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Metallus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.3% of shares of all “Steel” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Metallus	$1.36 billion	$69.40 million	14.56
Metallus Competitors	$3.12 billion	$208.99 million	7.41

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

Volatility and Risk

Metallus has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metallus’ peers have a beta of 1.29, meaning that their average stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Metallus and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Metallus	0	0	0	0	N/A
Metallus Competitors	461	1039	1075	7	2.24

As a group, “Steel” companies have a potential upside of 44.91%. Given Metallus’ peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Metallus has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

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

Metallus Company Profile

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.