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Universal Stainless & Alloy Products (FRA:US6) Profitability Rank : 3 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Profitability Rank?

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products has the Profitability Rank of 3. It has had trouble to make a profit.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 9.35%. As of today, Universal Stainless & Alloy Products's Piotroski F-Score is 7.


Competitive Comparison of Universal Stainless & Alloy Products's Profitability Rank

For the Steel subindustry, Universal Stainless & Alloy Products's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Universal Stainless & Alloy Products's Profitability Rank Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Universal Stainless & Alloy Products's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Universal Stainless & Alloy Products's Profitability Rank falls into.



Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products has the Profitability Rank of 3. It has had trouble to make a profit.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=6.677 / 71.426
=9.35 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

2. Piotroski F-Score

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 7, indicates a very healthy situation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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Universal Stainless & Alloy Products (FRA:US6) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
600 Mayer Street, Bridgeville, PA, USA, 15017
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc manufactures and markets semi-finished and finished specialty steel products, including stainless steel, nickel alloys, tool steel, and certain other alloyed steels. The company along with its subsidiaries involves melting, remelting, heat treating, hot and cold rolling, forging, machining and cold drawing of semi-finished and finished specialty steels.

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