Financial Comparison: Metallus (MTUS) vs. Its Competitors

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

Profitability

This table compares Metallus and its rivals’ 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%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Metallus and its rivals, 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’ rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Metallus has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

77.6% of Metallus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.6% of shares of all “Steel” companies are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Metallus shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.3% of shares of all “Steel” companies are held 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.

Risk and Volatility

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

Valuation & Earnings

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

Summary

Metallus rivals 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.