Ryerson (RYZ) and The Competition Head to Head Contrast

Ryerson (NYSE:RYZ) is one of 158 publicly-traded companies in the “Trading Companies & Distributors” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Ryerson to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Dividends

Ryerson pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. 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 36.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryerson is clearly a better dividend stock than its competitors, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Ryerson and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ryerson	1	2	0	0	1.67
Ryerson Competitors	1421	4867	6661	220	2.43

As a group, “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies have a potential upside of 15.47%. Given Ryerson’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ryerson has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Volatility & Risk

Ryerson has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryerson’s competitors have a beta of 1.30, indicating that their average stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Ryerson and its competitors’ 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%	3.15%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Ryerson and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ryerson	$4.57 billion	-$56.40 million	-20.31
Ryerson Competitors	$6.50 billion	$365.60 million	20.53

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.

Insider and 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of shares of all “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ryerson competitors beat Ryerson on 10 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.