RS vs. NUE, STLD, X, CLF, ATI, CMC, CRS, WOR, HAYN, and ZEUS
Should you be buying Reliance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Reliance include Nucor (NUE), Steel Dynamics (STLD), United States Steel (X), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), ATI (ATI), Commercial Metals (CMC), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Haynes International (HAYN), and Olympic Steel (ZEUS). These companies are all part of the "steel" industry.
Nucor (NYSE:NUE) and Reliance (NYSE:RS) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Nucor pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Reliance pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Nucor pays out 12.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Reliance pays out 20.6% 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. Nucor has raised its dividend for 51 consecutive years and Reliance has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
76.5% of Nucor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.3% of Reliance shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Nucor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Reliance shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Nucor has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reliance has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Nucor received 202 more outperform votes than Reliance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.94% of users gave Reliance an outperform vote while only 64.39% of users gave Nucor an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Reliance had 14 more articles in the media than Nucor. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Reliance and 2 mentions for Nucor. Reliance's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Nucor's score of 0.42 indicating that Nucor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Nucor has a net margin of 12.40% compared to Nucor's net margin of 8.67%. Reliance's return on equity of 19.62% beat Nucor's return on equity.
Nucor has higher revenue and earnings than Reliance. Nucor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reliance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Nucor presently has a consensus price target of $192.75, indicating a potential upside of 14.15%. Reliance has a consensus price target of $362.33, indicating a potential upside of 20.46%. Given Nucor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Reliance is more favorable than Nucor.
Summary
Nucor beats Reliance on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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