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 competitors? We will compare Ryerson to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
94.8% of Ryerson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.9% of shares of all “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of Ryerson shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of shares of all “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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 36.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Ryerson | -0.56% | -0.62% | -0.21% |
| Ryerson Competitors | 0.61% | -34.52% | 3.14% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Ryerson and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Ryerson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.67 |
| Ryerson Competitors | 1428 | 4872 | 6674 | 222 | 2.43 |
As a group, “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies have a potential upside of 14.70%. Given Ryerson’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ryerson has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.
Volatility and Risk
Ryerson has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryerson’s competitors have a beta of 1.30, suggesting that their average share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Ryerson and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Ryerson | $4.57 billion | -$56.40 million | -20.72 |
| Ryerson Competitors | $6.63 billion | $366.25 million | 20.92 |
Ryerson’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Ryerson. Ryerson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.
Summary
Ryerson competitors beat Ryerson on 11 of the 15 factors compared.
Ryerson Company Profile
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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