Critical Contrast: Metallus (MTUS) and Its Competitors

Metallus (NYSE:MTUS) is one of 26 publicly-traded companies in the “Blast furnaces & steel mills” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Metallus to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.

Risk & Volatility

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Metallus and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Metallus	0	0	0	0	N/A
Metallus Competitors	345	1371	1539	58	2.40

As a group, “Blast furnaces & steel mills” companies have a potential downside of 1.11%. Given Metallus’ peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Metallus has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

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	6.62%	13.20%	7.11%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

77.6% of Metallus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of shares of all “Blast furnaces & steel mills” companies are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Metallus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of shares of all “Blast furnaces & steel mills” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Metallus and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Metallus	$1.36 billion	$69.40 million	14.64
Metallus Competitors	$15.50 billion	$1.28 billion	17.46

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

Summary

Metallus peers beat Metallus on 7 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.