Stocks · Basic Materials · Steel
Metallus Inc. MTUS
$19.89 +2.42% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $828.0M
Strong trend
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- The shares trade at 104.7× trailing earnings, higher than 87% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $1.22B, up 16.1% from a year earlier, accelerating from 13.7% a quarter earlier.
- The company holds net cash of $93.9M (cash above total debt).
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 24%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 34%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 41%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 35%
- Gross marginBottom 15%
- Operating marginBottom 27%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 10%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 14%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 5%
- Interest coverBottom 40%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 41%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 10%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 30%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 6%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 21%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 44%
- 6-month returnTop 17%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 36%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 13%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 12%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 16%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 32%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 7%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 33%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 47%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 20%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 5%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 13.7% | 16.1% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 7.3% | 8.2% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -1.2% | 0.7% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -7.9% | -8.0% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 16.1% | 13.7% | ↑ | Top 24% |
| Gross margin | 8.2% | 7.3% | ↑ | Bottom 15% |
| Operating margin | 0.7% | -1.2% | ↑ | Bottom 27% |
| Net margin | 0.7% | -2.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -8.0% | -7.9% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 0.8% | — | Bottom 35% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -4.5% | — | Bottom 34% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.74×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 0.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +1.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -1.37×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.43%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.43%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -87.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Analysts with a rating
- 5
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 20%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | +8.3% | +1.6% | +7.7% | -2.7% | — |
| May 4, 2026 | +38.5% | -2.7% | -3.6% | +2.2% | +4.5% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | -460.0% | -0.2% | -18.3% | -29.0% | -12.9% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +64.7% | -4.1% | -10.6% | -3.7% | +17.1% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | +25.0% | -1.4% | +7.1% | +9.5% | +15.2% |
| May 8, 2025 | -36.4% | +1.6% | +4.1% | +9.0% | +17.4% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | -233.3% | -1.4% | -11.9% | -14.2% | -21.6% |
| Nov 8, 2024 | -176.9% | -1.6% | -7.3% | +3.1% | -3.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | $0.26 | $0.24 | +8.3% | $341.0M |
| May 4, 2026 | $0.18 | $0.13 | +38.5% | $308.3M |
| Feb 19, 2026 | -$0.18 | $0.05 | -460.0% | $267.3M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.28 | $0.17 | +64.7% | $305.9M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.20 | $0.16 | +25.0% | $304.6M |
| May 8, 2025 | $0.07 | $0.11 | -36.4% | $280.5M |
| Feb 27, 2025 | -$0.08 | $0.06 | -233.3% | $240.5M |
| Nov 8, 2024 | -$0.09 | -$0.03 | -176.9% | $227.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 104.7× | 16.8× | 87th | Bottom 41% |
| P/E (forward) | 23.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.7× | — | — | Top 30% |
| EV / Sales | 0.60× | — | — | Top 6% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -11.79% | — | — | Bottom 10% |
| Earnings yield | 0.96% | — | — | Bottom 41% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 4.6× – 294.8× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 3
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -0.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +5.1%
- RSI (14)
- 56.5
- Relative volume
- 0.85×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 36.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 27th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.47
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.52
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -9.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -52.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2022 | Apr 8, 2025 | -56.3% | 711 days | Not yet recovered |
| Apr 20, 2022 | May 9, 2022 | -28.8% | 13 days | 14 days (May 27, 2022) |
| Dec 7, 2020 | Dec 28, 2020 | -28.7% | 14 days | 38 days (Feb 23, 2021) |
| Aug 11, 2021 | Sep 21, 2021 | -28.4% | 28 days | 73 days (Jan 4, 2022) |
| Jan 5, 2022 | Jan 21, 2022 | -25.2% | 11 days | 25 days (Feb 28, 2022) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $828.0M
- P/E (TTM)
- 104.7
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.19
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.22B
- 52-week range
- $14.19 – $22.58
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.28B | $1.33B | $1.36B | $1.08B | $1.16B |
| Gross profit | $220.0M | $126.7M | $186.5M | $97.7M | $95.1M |
| Operating income | $145.3M | $52.9M | $101.9M | $10.0M | $1.1M |
| Net income | $171.0M | $65.1M | $69.4M | $1.3M | -$1.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.18 | $1.30 | $1.47 | $0.03 | -$0.03 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $227.2M | $240.5M | $280.5M | $304.6M | $305.9M | $267.3M | $308.3M | $341.0M |
| Net income | -$5.9M | -$21.4M | $1.3M | $3.7M | $8.1M | -$14.3M | $5.4M | $8.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.14 | -$0.50 | $0.03 | $0.09 | $0.19 | -$0.34 | $0.13 | $0.21 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $196.9M | $134.5M | $125.3M | $40.3M | $16.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$12.2M | -$27.1M | -$51.6M | -$64.3M | -$109.0M |
| Free cash flow | $184.7M | $107.4M | $73.7M | -$24.0M | -$93.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$500,000 | -$54.0M | -$36.0M | -$53.1M | -$13.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $108.6M
- Total assets
- $1.14B
- Total liabilities
- $451.0M
- Total debt
- $14.7M
- Net debt
- -$93.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $692.3M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2015 | $0.14 | — |
| May 19, 2015 | $0.14 | — |
| Feb 11, 2015 | $0.14 | — |
| Nov 20, 2014 | $0.14 | — |
| Aug 18, 2014 | $0.14 | — |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,074,314
- Days to cover
- 6.19
- Change vs previous report
- +8.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.