METALLUS INC (MTUS)
Materials · Specialty steel manufacturing / alloy steel production · NYSE
Metallus Inc. produces high-performance specialty steel and engineered components for critical, high-demand applications using a sustainable, recycled steel-based manufacturing process.
What METALLUS INC does
Metallus Inc. manufactures specialty alloy steel, including special bar quality (SBQ) bars, seamless mechanical tubing, precision steel components, and billets, primarily using electric arc furnace (EAF) technology and nearly 100% recycled steel. The company operates integrated manufacturing facilities in Ohio and North Carolina, serving demanding applications in industrial, automotive, aerospace & defense, and energy end-markets with approximately 330 customers. Products are tailored to customer specifications with technical support from an experienced engineering team. The company also manages raw material recycling programs both for internal melt operations and third-party sales.
Themes: specialty steel manufacturing, electric arc furnace (EAF) production, recycled / circular steel, automotive supply chain, aerospace & defense, precision engineered components
Fundamentals
- Price$19.59 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$812M as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return+22.9% 2025-08-21 close $15.94 → 2026-08-21 close $19.59
- P/E110.07 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+0.7% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+8.2% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+1.2% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.00 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+16.1% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-4.5% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.38 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-03 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How MTUS compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiotop 10% 94 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginmiddle range 142 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 142 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginbottom 10% 141 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 151 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 127 covered Materials peers
Position among covered Materials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage
Not assessed — last reported dividend predates the accounts. The most recent fiscal year in which MTUS reported a dividend payment is FY2015, while its reported financial statements run through FY2025. Coverage is therefore not assessed for the latest year — an FY2015 ratio would not describe MTUS today.
Coverage is derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures, comparing dividends paid against net income and free cash flow for the SAME fiscal year. It is not shown here because the latest fiscal year with a reported dividend payment (FY2015) is older than the latest year of reported financial statements (FY2025), so any ratio would describe an out-of-date year. Informational only — not financial advice.
How METALLUS INC looks technically
METALLUS INC (MTUS) is trading 5.5% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 58 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 22 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 39, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative). It made a new 20-day low about 2 trading days ago.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 5.5% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +5.5% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $20.07 | $20.07 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $18.57 | $18.57 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 16 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 16 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 58 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 58 sessions |
| Above the 200-day after a dip | it recently dipped to its 200-day average (the long-term trend line) and has since climbed back above it — now about 5.5% above | +5.5% |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 22 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend) | 21.6 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 39, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 39.3 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the bottom of its 14-day range ($19.21 to $22.58) — its "stochastic" reading is 11 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 11.3 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative) | 4 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $22.58 | $22.58 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 13.2% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -13.2% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 38.1% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +38.0% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 13.2% below its highest point of the past year | 13.2% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 2 trading days ago | 2 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 5 trading days ago | 5 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $50.83 (set on 2014-09-11) | $50.83 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($14.56 to $22.03), and it has given back roughly a third of its rise from last year’s low — 33% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $17.17 to $17.41. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 32.7% |
| From the all-time high | it is 61.5% below its all-time high | -61.5% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 2.6% above a support level at $19.08 — a price it turned at five times since 2025-12-18, most recently on 2026-08-04. Since 2024-08-21 it has 15 such levels below the current price and 1 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -2.6% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $2.16 (set on 2020-04-23) | $2.16 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 806.9% above its all-time low | +806.9% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 33rd percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.893 between its high and its low — about 4.6% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.893 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $19.38 and $22.60 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $19.38 – $20.99 – $22.60 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 4.6% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 4.6% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 1.1 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (5.5% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 1.1 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.95× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 1.0% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +1.0% |
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| Gap filled | a 2.0% gap down opened on 2026-08-20 has been "filled" today — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 1 session to close | today |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 4.2 percentage points (the stock lost 1.9% while the market gained 2.3%) | -4.2% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 2.6 percentage points (the stock gained 5.7% while the market gained 3.1%) | +2.6% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 0.4 percentage points (the stock gained 11.4% while the market gained 11.1%) | +0.4% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 2.4 percentage points (the stock gained 22.9% while the market gained 20.5%) | +2.4% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, outperforming the market over 6 months, near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold), trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a fresh 20-day low, MACD momentum is negative — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 1.9% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is thin, spanning 0.9% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that gives way easily. | +1.9% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 4% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $18.80 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 156 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +4.2% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 8% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-03 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $21.20 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 15 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -7.6% |
Price levels it has turned at before
MTUS last closed at $19.59 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 15 prices below its last close and 1 above; the 3 nearest below and the nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $19.08 | Support | 2.6% below the last close | turned there five times · 2025-12-18 to 2026-08-04 |
| $18.45 | Support | 5.8% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-10-21 to 2025-11-07 |
| $18.07 | Support | 7.8% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-07-23 to 2026-03-04 |
| $21.11 | Resistance | 7.8% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-01-15 to 2026-06-12 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Tested and reclaimed 200-day support · Broke down to a new 20-day low · MACD just crossed bearish (12/26/9) · At the bottom of its 14-day range (stochastic below 20) · Under water since its last earnings report (below the anchored VWAP) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Mean price target$22.50 range $21.00 – $24.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-22. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for MTUS
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.295 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-22
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Exposure to cyclical industrial, automotive, and aerospace demand; revenue growth of 13.73% and thin net margin of 0.24% reflect competitive pressure and commodity-like pricing in specialty steel markets","High pension and postretirement obligations ($98.9M non-current liability plus $12.1M current) and pension asset volatility create balance sheet and cash flow risk","Capital-intensive manufacturing with ~$561M in property, plant and equipment; significant depreciation ($13.7M per quarter) and ongoing maintenance requirements limit financial flexibility"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of MTUS's 10-Q filed 2026-05-05 against the prior one filed 2025-11-06.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-05-05) adds specific USW contract ratification date: February 5, 2026
- Newer filing adds one-time payment amounts for USW agreement: $1.9 million to union employees and $0.3 million to external parties
- Newer filing adds updated government funding receipt: $4.9 million in Q1 2026
- Newer filing adds updated cumulative government funding figures: $91.5 million received through March 31, 2026 with total spend of $108.1 million
- Newer filing adds new commissioning timeline: bloom reheat furnace and roller furnace to be commissioned and ramped-up during 2026
- Newer filing adds Q1 2026 liquidity details: total liquidity of $374.7 million with cash of $104.0 million
- Newer filing adds operating cash flow detail: $26.9 million outflow in Q1 2026 due to working capital and pension contributions
- Newer filing adds Q1 2026 share repurchase activity: 0.3 million shares repurchased at $4.3 million; $85.4 million remaining authorization
- Newer filing adds Q1 2026 net sales figure: $308.3 million, up 9.9% year-over-year
- Newer filing adds Q1 2026 shipment volume: 10.9 thousand ship tons increase
- Newer filing adds Q1 2026 surcharge amount: $11.7 million increase
- Newer filing adds Q1 2026 gross profit increase: $3.2 million or 14.6%
- Newer filing adds Q1 2026 SG&A expense decrease: $2.1 million or 8.6%
- Newer filing adds Q1 2026 net interest income: $0.4 million
- Removed:
- Older filing (2025-11-06) reported for three and nine months ended September 30, 2025; newer filing reports for three months ended March 31, 2026
- Older filing removed: capital investments of $28.4 million and $73.7 million for Q3 and nine months 2025
- Older filing removed: government funding received of $10.0 million and $28.0 million for Q3 and nine months 2025
- Older filing removed: commissioning target dates of late 2025 for bloom reheat furnace and first half 2026 for roller furnace
- Older filing removed: cumulative government funding of $81.5 million received with total spend of $59.6 million as of September 30, 2025
- Older filing removed: liquidity details of $436.9 million total liquidity with $191.5 million cash as of September 30, 2025
- Older filing removed: operating cash flow of $22.0 million for Q3 and $17.9 million for nine months 2025
- Older filing removed: share repurchases of 0.2 million and 0.9 million shares for Q3 and nine months 2025 at $3.0 million and $11.9 million
- Older filing removed: $90.9 million remaining share repurchase authorization as of September 30, 2025
- Older filing removed: tentative USW agreement dated October 3, 2025 and failed ratification on October 30, 2025
- Older filing removed: contract extension through January 29, 2026 and ongoing negotiations language
- Older filing removed: $2.7 million restructuring reserve for exit incentive program in Q3 2025
- Older filing removed: recent trade developments discussion regarding tariffs, including 50% minimum tariff on steel imports and tariff exclusion process changes
- Older filing removed: net sales comparison for three months ended September 30, 2025 vs 2024 ($305.9 million, up 34.6%)
- Older filing removed: nine months ended September 30, 2025 net sales comparison data
- Reworded:
- Reporting period changed from 'three and nine months ended September 30, 2025' to 'three months ended March 31, 2026'
- Government funding description changed from 'Defense Contract' heading to 'Government Funding' heading
- Government funding section restructured: older filing provided separate three and nine-month figures; newer filing provides single period figures with cumulative year-to-date amounts
- Commissioning timeline changed from 'targeting late 2025 for bloom reheat furnace and first half 2026 for roller furnace' to 'expects to commission and ramp-up production during 2026'
- Operating cash flow context changed from profitability-driven to working capital and pension contribution driven
- Notes:
- The two filings cover different periods (Q1 2026 vs Q3 2025 and nine months 2025), which accounts for substantial differences in reported figures and metrics
- The older filing contains discussion of failed USW contract ratification and ongoing negotiations; newer filing reports successful ratification in February 2026, reflecting resolution of prior period labor uncertainty
- The older filing discusses tariff impacts as recent developments and uncertainties; this section is completely absent from the newer filing
- The older filing reports exit incentive program and restructuring charges; these are not mentioned in the newer filing
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales are on record for MTUS — recent Form 4 activity was compensation-related (awards, option exercises, or tax withholding), not open-market buying or selling.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsOnly open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding MTUS as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 9,759,040
- Reported value $159,462,709
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 2 increased, 3 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
MTUS had 1,814,187 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
MTUS had 4.38% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 4.26 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 1,814,187
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 4.38%
- Prior settlement (shares) 1,989,374
- Reported change -8.81%
- Days to cover (reported) 4.26
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Carpenter Technology Corporation (CRS)
- Timken Company
- Worthington Industries (WOR)
- Quanex Building Products (NX)
- Atkore International (ATKR)
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Frequently asked questions
What does METALLUS INC (MTUS) do?
Metallus Inc. manufactures specialty alloy steel, including special bar quality (SBQ) bars, seamless mechanical tubing, precision steel components, and billets, primarily using electric arc furnace (EAF) technology and nearly 100% recycled steel. The company operates integrated manufacturing facilities in Ohio and North Carolina, serving demanding applications in industrial, automotive, aerospace & defense, and energy end-markets with approximately 330 customers.
What sector is METALLUS INC (MTUS) in?
METALLUS INC (MTUS) is classified in the Materials sector. Its industry is Specialty steel manufacturing / alloy steel production. It trades on NYSE.
Who are METALLUS INC's (MTUS) competitors?
Notable peers of METALLUS INC (MTUS) include Carpenter Technology Corporation, Timken Company, Worthington Industries, Quanex Building Products and Atkore International. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is METALLUS INC (MTUS) overbought or oversold right now?
METALLUS INC (MTUS) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 39, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on MTUS come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.