Metallus Inc. (MTUS)Basic Materials | Steel | Canton, United States | NYSE
20.56 USD
+0.14
(0.686%)
⇧
(Oct. 16, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 20.56 |
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 2:42 a.m. EDT
Metallus presents a classic case of a company with improving earnings estimates but a fundamentally broken business model. The long-term rating remains neutral because the company is generating negative free cash flow and returning only a fraction of a percent on equity, despite trading at a low price-to-book ratio. The massive gap between the trailing P/E of 105 and the forward P/E of 14 indicates a one-time earnings spike rather than sustainable growth, making the current valuation unjustified for a buy-and-hold strategy. On the short end, the stock is technically flat but under heavy pressure from options sellers who have piled on put protection, creating a ceiling for upside momentum. With no dividend to provide income and a balance sheet that is burning cash, the investment case is currently non-existent. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.064245 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.064246 |
| MSTL | 0.066093 |
| AutoTheta | 0.070488 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 40% |
| H-stat | 8.11 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.089 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.16 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2015-08-24 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2015-08-24 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 2.123 |
| Revenue per Share | 29.352 |
| Market Cap | 855,867,712 |
| Trailing P/E | 108.21 |
| Forward P/E | 14.76 |
| Beta | 1.37 |
| Profit Margins | 0.66% |
| Previous Name | TimkenSteel Corporation |
| Website | https://metallus.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 2:42 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioned for downside protection, with October and November put open interest significantly exceeding call open interest. While there is some call volume at the $22.50 strike, the overwhelming majority of option positioning involves out-of-the-money puts, suggesting a bearish bias and a fear of a breakdown below current support levels.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-25 | 0.14 | 0.935204 |
| 2015-05-19 | 0.14 | 0.436273 |
| 2015-02-11 | 0.14 | 0.470430 |
| 2014-11-20 | 0.14 | 0.391828 |
| 2014-08-18 | 0.14 | 0.290216 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.1865195 |
| Address1 | 1,835 Dueber Avenue SW |
| All Time High | 50.83 |
| All Time Low | 2.16 |
| Ask | 21.27 |
| Ask Size | 200 |
| Audit Risk | 2 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.0 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 345,420 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 363,366 |
| Average Volume | 363,366 |
| Average Volume10Days | 345,420 |
| Beta | 1.372 |
| Bid | 20.41 |
| Bid Size | 300 |
| Board Risk | 2 |
| Book Value | 16.684 |
| City | Canton |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 1 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 20.56 |
| Current Ratio | 1.752 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 21.1 |
| Day Low | 20.44 |
| Debt To Equity | 2.123 |
| Display Name | Metallus |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,793,714,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,793,714,400 |
| Earnings Growth | 1.384 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 1.405 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,793,649,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,649,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,649,600 |
| Ebitda | 65,900,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.05391 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 11.507 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.62 |
| Enterprise Value | 758,297,280 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.8625 |
| Eps Forward | 1.3925 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.19 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,440,460,800 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 20 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 19.905 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.6549988 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.03290624 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 18.65195 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 22.58 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -2.0200005 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.08945972 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 14.19 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 6.37 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.44890767 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 14.19 - 22.58 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,403,184,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 35,997,460 |
| Forward Eps | 1.3925 |
| Forward P E | 14.764811 |
| Free Cashflow | -62,337,500 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 1,905 |
| Fullday Change | 0.13999939 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 0.6855994 |
| Fullday Price | 20.56 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | 0.08196 |
| Gross Profits | 100,200,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.14275 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.87134004 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 41,627,806 |
| Industry | Steel |
| Industry Disp | Steel |
| Industry Key | steel |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,440,460,800 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.14 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Metallus Inc. manufactures and sells alloy steel, and carbon and micro-alloy steel products in the United States and internationally. It provides 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. The company also offers customized 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. |
| Long Name | Metallus Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 855,867,712 |
| Market State | POSTPOST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_256837003 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Name Change Date | 2,026-10-16 |
| Net Income To Common | 8,100,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 775,930,596 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 20.57 |
| Operating Cashflow | 6,000,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.0346 |
| Overall Risk | 4 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.04 |
| Phone | 330 471 7000 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 20.56 |
| Post Market Time | 1,792,180,874 |
| Prev Name | TimkenSteel Corporation |
| Previous Close | 20.42 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 23.83768 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.2323184 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.7000963 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0066299997 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.831 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.139999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.685599 |
| Regular Market Day High | 21.1 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 20.44 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 20.44 - 21.1 |
| Regular Market Open | 20.57 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 20.42 |
| Regular Market Price | 20.56 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,180,803 |
| Regular Market Volume | 204,011 |
| Return On Assets | 0.0055400003 |
| Return On Equity | 0.011720001 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.12 |
| Revenue Per Share | 29.352 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.16207206 |
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Sector Disp | Basic Materials |
| Sector Key | basic-materials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 9 |
| Shares Outstanding | 41,627,806 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.048299998 |
| Shares Short | 2,002,557 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,906,295 |
| Short Name | Metallus Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0682 |
| Short Ratio | 5.88 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | OH |
| Symbol | MTUS |
| Target High Price | 24.24 |
| Target Low Price | 24.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 24.08 |
| Target Median Price | 24.0 |
| Total Cash | 108,600,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.62 |
| Total Debt | 14,700,000 |
| Total Revenue | 1,222,499,968 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.19 |
| Trailing P E | 108.210526 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 0.949 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 19.03245 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 1.5275497 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.08026028 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 204,011 |
| Website | https://metallus.com |
| Zip | 44,706-2728 |