Salzgitter (OTCMKTS:SZGPY – Get Free Report) and Metallus (NYSE:MTUS – Get Free Report) are both materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
77.6% of Metallus shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Metallus shares are owned by 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 Salzgitter and Metallus’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Salzgitter | 0.65% | 1.29% | 0.54% |
| Metallus | 0.66% | 3.35% | 2.02% |
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Salzgitter | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2.62 |
| Metallus | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Risk and Volatility
Salzgitter has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metallus has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Salzgitter and Metallus”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Salzgitter | $10.16 billion | 0.32 | -$83.95 million | $0.12 | 50.08 |
| Metallus | $1.22 billion | 0.64 | -$1.20 million | $0.19 | 98.45 |
Metallus has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Salzgitter. Salzgitter is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Metallus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Metallus beats Salzgitter on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Salzgitter
Salzgitter AG, together with its subsidiaries, engages in steel and technology businesses worldwide. It operates through four segments: Steel Production, Steel Processing, Trading, and Technology. The Steel Production segment manufactures steel and special steels, such as hot-rolled wide strip, steel sheet, sections, tailored blanks, as well as scrap trading. The Steel Processing segment produces various high-grade heavy plates; and manufactures line pipes, HFI-welded tubes, and precision and stainless-steel tubes. The Trading segment operates a European sales network, as well as trading companies and agencies worldwide. The Technology segment engages in the provision of machinery and plants for the filling and packaging of beverages, as well as special machinery engineering for shoe manufacturing and elastomer production. The company also provides IT, facility management, logistics, automotive engineering, and research and development services, as well as supplies raw materials. The company was founded in 1858 and is headquartered in Salzgitter, Germany.
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.
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