Ryerson (NYSE:RYZ – Get Free Report) is one of 158 publicly-traded companies in the “Trading Companies & Distributors” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Ryerson to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Risk and Volatility
Ryerson has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryerson’s peers have a beta of 1.30, indicating that their average stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
94.8% of Ryerson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.9% of shares of all “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of Ryerson shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of shares of all “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Ryerson | $5.84 billion | -$56.40 million | -21.22 |
| Ryerson Competitors | $6.64 billion | $365.60 million | 20.71 |
Ryerson’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Ryerson. Ryerson 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.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Ryerson and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Ryerson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.67 |
| Ryerson Competitors | 1426 | 4871 | 6669 | 222 | 2.43 |
As a group, “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies have a potential upside of 15.00%. Given Ryerson’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ryerson has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.
Profitability
This table compares Ryerson and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Ryerson | -0.56% | -0.62% | -0.21% |
| Ryerson Competitors | 0.71% | -34.50% | 3.14% |
Dividends
Ryerson pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Ryerson pays out -60.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.0% and pay out 36.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Ryerson peers beat Ryerson on 11 of the 15 factors compared.
About Ryerson
Ryerson Holding Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, processes and distributes industrial metals in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and China. It offers a line of products in carbon steel, stainless steel, alloy steels, and aluminum, as well as nickel and red metals in various shapes and forms, including coils, sheets, rounds, hexagons, square and flat bars, plates, structural, and tubing. The company also provides various processing services, such as bending, beveling, blanking, blasting, burning, cutting-to-length, drilling, embossing, flattening, forming, grinding, laser cutting, machining, notching, painting, perforating, polishing, punching, rolling, sawing, scribing, shearing, slitting, stamping, tapping, threading, welding, or other techniques to process materials. It serves various industries, including commercial ground transportation, metal fabrication and machine shops, industrial machinery and equipment manufacturing, consumer durable equipment, HVAC manufacturing, construction equipment manufacturing, food processing and agricultural equipment manufacturing, and oil and gas. The company was founded in 1842 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
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