Contrasting Metallus (MTUS) & Its Rivals

Metallus (NYSE:MTUS) is one of 27 public companies in the “Blast furnaces & steel mills” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Metallus to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Metallus and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Metallus	0	0	0	0	N/A
Metallus Competitors	353	1407	1574	58	2.39

As a group, “Blast furnaces & steel mills” companies have a potential downside of 0.13%. Given Metallus’ peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Metallus has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Metallus	$1.36 billion	$69.40 million	14.64
Metallus Competitors	$17.24 billion	$1.29 billion	17.41

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.

Insider & 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of shares of all “Blast furnaces & steel mills” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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	6.42%	12.71%	6.85%

Volatility and Risk

Metallus has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metallus’ peers have a beta of 1.54, indicating that their average share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.