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Ryerson Holding Corp RYZ
Ryerson Holding Corp (RYZ) earns a Piotroski F-score of 4/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. It pays a dividend yielding 1.67% (safety: safe). FY2025 revenue was $4.6B at a -1.2% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -2.68 — low (below −2.22 — no manipulation red flag) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Wholesale Trade · percentile among 112 companies
Percentile vs other Wholesale Trade companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 4/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · safe zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.231 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.291 |
| EBIT / assets | -0.013 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.465 |
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| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RYZ | Ryerson Holding Corp | 4/9 | 2.86 | — | -0.6% |
| FSTR | FOSTER L B CO | 6/9 | 4.82 | 62.1 | +1.7% |
| GWAV | Greenwave Technology Solutions, Inc. | 2/9 | — | — | +40.1% |
| RS | RELIANCE, INC. | 5/9 | 7.38 | 26.6 | +3.3% |
| MCK | MCKESSON CORP | 6/9 | 0.58 | 18.8 | +12.4% |
| CAH | CARDINAL HEALTH INC | 6/9 | -0.03 | 32.5 | +14.2% |
| SYY | SYSCO CORP | 5/9 | — | 21.7 | +3.2% |
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About Ryerson Holding Corp
Ryerson Holding Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, processes and distributes industrial metals in the United States and internationally. It offers a line of products in carbon steel, stainless steel, alloy steels, and aluminum, as well as nickel and red metals in various shapes and forms, including coils, sheets, rounds, hexagons, square and flat bars, plates, structural, and tubing. The company also provides processing services. It serves commercial transportation, fabrication and welding, machinery and equipment, consumer products, heavy equipment, climate, power, and machine shop industries. Ryerson Holding Corporation was founded in 1842 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
FAQ
Is RYZ financially healthy?
Ryerson Holding Corp's Piotroski F-score is 4/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the safe zone.
Does RYZ pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. Ryerson Holding Corp pays a dividend yielding about 1.67% with a -42.7% payout ratio, rated “safe” for safety.
How profitable is RYZ?
In FY2025, Ryerson Holding Corp had a net margin of -1.2% and a return on equity of -7.4%.
Is RYZ overvalued or undervalued?
Ryerson Holding Corp trades at about 7.0× trailing earnings — above its 10-year norm (10-year range 2.5×–21.7×, median 4.7×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for RYZ?
The average Wall-Street price target for Ryerson Holding Corp is $29.00, about 0.7% above the recent price, from 1 analysts (consensus: hold).
Is RYZ a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on Ryerson Holding Corp: a Piotroski F-score of 4/9, an Altman Z″ in the safe zone, a dividend yield of 1.67%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.