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Olympic Steel

NSQ:ZEUS · US68162K1060
Metals & MiningMedium

360

57
Medium confidence — indicative
Profit price7
Owner Earnings Yield58
Dividend Yield1
Price/Sales97
EV / Gross Profit86
Price/Book96
Return on Capital65
Cash Return on Capital61
Return on Equity48
EBIT Margin42
Gross Profitability94
Cash Conversion91
Accruals19
Owner Earnings Margin51
Sales growth23
Profit Growth23
Long-Term EPS Growth54
Owner Earnings Growth78
Reinvestment34
Price momentum31
Debt load28
Refinancing95
Debt Payback24
Liquidity36
Analyst ratings100
Expectations trend50
Market mood39
Value Creation8/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Olympic Steel clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryMetals & Mining
SizeMedium
TypePrivate Company
ExchangeNASDAQGM
Founded1978
Employees472
Websiteolysteel.com
ISINUS68162K1060
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Indices
NASDAQ (USA)
Themes
Industrial AutomationGreen SteelCourier ServiceIndustrialIndustrial ManufacturingManufacturing

Description

Olympic Steel, Inc. is a metals service center focused on the direct sale and value-added processing of carbon and coated sheet, plate and coil products; stainless steel sheet, plate, bar and coil; aluminum sheet, plate and coil; pipe, tube, bar, val…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

Olympic Steel, Inc. sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.

On valuation, the picture is expensive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 33.6×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year.

Growth is moderate; the safety picture is adequate. The company scores 8/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
76
2023202420252026

All-time high

90

Jan 2025

All-time low

53

Jan 2023

Average rank

71

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
97
93
93
100
Price/Earnings
34
62
45
34
Price/Book
96
100
56
90
Dividend Yield
1
78
45
45
Value (overall)
91
98
67
81

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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