STLD vs. MT, TS, NUE, RS, X, CLF, ATI, CMC, CRS, and WOR
Should you be buying Steel Dynamics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Steel Dynamics include ArcelorMittal (MT), Tenaris (TS), Nucor (NUE), Reliance (RS), United States Steel (X), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), ATI (ATI), Commercial Metals (CMC), Carpenter Technology (CRS), and Worthington Enterprises (WOR).
Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) and ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.
Steel Dynamics has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ArcelorMittal has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, ArcelorMittal had 6 more articles in the media than Steel Dynamics. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for ArcelorMittal and 5 mentions for Steel Dynamics. Steel Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat ArcelorMittal's score of 0.29 indicating that Steel Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Steel Dynamics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ArcelorMittal. Steel Dynamics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ArcelorMittal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Steel Dynamics has a net margin of 12.89% compared to ArcelorMittal's net margin of 1.15%. Steel Dynamics' return on equity of 27.62% beat ArcelorMittal's return on equity.
Steel Dynamics presently has a consensus price target of $125.29, suggesting a potential downside of 6.41%. ArcelorMittal has a consensus price target of $30.30, suggesting a potential upside of 14.38%. Given ArcelorMittal's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ArcelorMittal is more favorable than Steel Dynamics.
Steel Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. ArcelorMittal pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Steel Dynamics pays out 12.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ArcelorMittal pays out 47.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
82.4% of Steel Dynamics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.9% of ArcelorMittal shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Steel Dynamics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of ArcelorMittal shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Steel Dynamics received 11 more outperform votes than ArcelorMittal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.30% of users gave Steel Dynamics an outperform vote while only 63.02% of users gave ArcelorMittal an outperform vote.
Summary
Steel Dynamics beats ArcelorMittal on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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