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Metallus Inc.MTUSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Materials›Steel
Momentum weak 24
Mkt cap
$687M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
85%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$7.65M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
15.3×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-10.4 pp
WACC 11.6%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
111 days
25 Feb 2027
Close · USD$16.65
1D+5.7%
1W-21.2%
1M-15.2%
3M-23.3%
6M-9.8%
YTD-3.0%
1Y-7.4%
ATR %6.1%
Beta0.98
52w lowhigh26.3% off high

What Metallus does

Employees: 1,865

Metallus at a glance

Size Metallus (MTUS) is a United States Materials company (Steel) with a market value of $687M, the 2496th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $16.65 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 9.8%, against -17.3% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 7th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 10.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +1.9%); the operating margin is 0.8% (peer median 5.1%).

Valuation It trades at 15.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.4× (8th cheapest of 16).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 10.4 points below its cost of capital (11.6% WACC).

Short interest Short interest is 4.6% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 25 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026MTUS 91Peer median 83
Six months, rebased to 100: Metallus against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Metallus financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$1.25B$1.16B$1.08B$1.36B$1.33B
Revenue growth—+7%-20%+2%—
Gross profit$102M$95.1M$97.7M$186M$127M
EBITDA$65.6M$57.7M$64.1M$159M$111M
Net income$23.8M-$1.20M$1.30M$69.4M$65.1M
Free cash flow-$99.0M-$93.0M-$24.0M$73.7M$106M
Capital expenditure$88.3M$109M$64.3M$51.6M$27.1M
Total debt$14.2M$14.9M$17.1M$24.6M$32.9M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Metallus competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-60%-40%-20%0%+20%-20%0%KIRLFER001430JAIBALAJISUNFLAG0007172014603969CIA2023MAHSEAMLES60056960047799570006555602GOODLUCKSXC002478601121BECMTUS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Metallus is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%20×40×KIRLFER001430JAIBALAJI2014603969CIA2023MAHSEAMLES600477000655GOODLUCKSXC002478BECMTUSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Metallus is the large dot.

Metallus competitors and peer comparison

How Metallus compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Metallus against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureMTUSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-15.2%-12.0%8th lowest of 21
6-month return-9.8%-17.3%7th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-26.3%-31.1%7th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+10.8%+1.9%4th highest of 21
Operating margin0.8%5.1%6th lowest of 21
Forward P/E15.3×15.4×8th cheapest of 16
ROIC minus cost of capital-10.4 pp-4.0 pp4th lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA9.2×8.9×5th most expensive of 10
Net debt / EBITDA-1.3×1.2×2nd least indebted of 11

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Metallus MTUSUnited States$687M-10%+11%1%15.3×n/an/a
Kirloskar Ferrous Industries KIRLFER.NSIndia$674M-15%+7%8%9.1×14.2%+27.6%
SBHC 001430.KSSouth Korea$712M-64%+11%3%14.2×n/an/a
Jai Balaji Industries JAIBALAJI.NSIndia$651M-20%+2%4%6.3×35.8%+15.7%
Sunflag Iron & Steel SUNFLAG.NSIndia$730M-7%+9%9%n/a23.4%+15.7%
Guangdong Zhongnan Iron & Steel 000717.SZChina$734M-19%-12%-5%n/an/an/a
Chung Hung Steel 2014.TWTaiwan$636M-16%-17%-1%54.3×-10.1%-12.4%
Silvery Dragon Group Co., Ltd Tianjin 603969.SSChina$790M-33%-1%15%9.5×-3.5%+4.7%
Champion Iron CIA.AXAustralia$799M-60%-7%7%11.5×10.4%+7.4%
Yieh Phui Enterprise 2023.TWTaiwan$804M+5%-9%0%25.2×n/an/a
Maharashtra Seamless MAHSEAMLES.NSIndia$809M-12%-12%13%15.5×8.1%+15.2%
Anyang Iron and Steel 600569.SSChina$810M-10%+1%-10%n/an/an/a
Hangxiao Steel Structure 600477.SSChina$810M-24%-24%3%28.6×11.6%-2.5%
Yieh United Steel 9957.TWOTaiwan$581M-18%-10%-12%n/an/an/a
Shandong Jinling Mining 000655.SZChina$578M-22%+11%3%15.4×23.3%+3.1%
Kurimoto,Ltd 5602.TJapan$576M-4%+3%7%10.5×2.1%+1.9%
Goodluck India GOODLUCK.NSIndia$571M+15%+10%8%24.5×n/an/a
SunCoke Energy SXCUnited States$832M+34%+3%4%23.1×7.2%+6.6%
Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube 002478.SZChina$847M-40%+2%6%17.5×-4.8%+8.4%
Xinjiang Baodi Mining 601121.SSChina$887M-23%+23%23%n/an/an/a
BRC Asia BEC.SISingapore$894M-9%+23%8%10.5×-14.8%+20.5%

Questions

Which companies are Metallus's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Kirloskar Ferrous Industries (KIRLFER.NS), SBHC (001430.KS), Jai Balaji Industries (JAIBALAJI.NS), Sunflag Iron & Steel (SUNFLAG.NS), Guangdong Zhongnan Iron & Steel (000717.SZ), Chung Hung Steel (2014.TW), Silvery Dragon Group Co., Ltd Tianjin (603969.SS), Champion Iron (CIA.AX).
Is Metallus expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 15.3× against a peer median of 15.4×, 8th cheapest of 16 in its peer set.
How has Metallus stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -9.8% against -17.3% for the median peer; over one year -7.4%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.