TX vs. MT, STLD, TS, X, CMC, CRS, MTUS, SXC, ASTL, and TWI
Should you be buying Ternium stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ternium include ArcelorMittal (MT), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Tenaris (TS), United States Steel (X), Commercial Metals (CMC), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Metallus (MTUS), SunCoke Energy (SXC), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), and Titan International (TWI). These companies are all part of the "blast furnaces & steel mills" industry.
Ternium (NYSE:TX) and ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Ternium had 3 more articles in the media than ArcelorMittal. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ternium and 1 mentions for ArcelorMittal. Ternium's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat ArcelorMittal's score of 1.01 indicating that Ternium is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ternium has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ArcelorMittal has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
12.0% of Ternium shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.9% of ArcelorMittal shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Ternium shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of ArcelorMittal shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ArcelorMittal received 366 more outperform votes than Ternium when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.33% of users gave Ternium an outperform vote while only 63.02% of users gave ArcelorMittal an outperform vote.
ArcelorMittal has higher revenue and earnings than Ternium. Ternium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ArcelorMittal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ternium has a net margin of 3.53% compared to ArcelorMittal's net margin of 1.15%. Ternium's return on equity of 10.21% beat ArcelorMittal's return on equity.
Ternium currently has a consensus target price of $52.33, suggesting a potential upside of 33.44%. ArcelorMittal has a consensus target price of $30.30, suggesting a potential upside of 20.62%. Given Ternium's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ternium is more favorable than ArcelorMittal.
Ternium pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. ArcelorMittal pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Ternium pays out 130.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ArcelorMittal pays out 48.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Ternium beats ArcelorMittal on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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