Commercial Metals (CMC) Competitors

Commercial Metals (NYSE:CMC) and Carpenter Technology (NYSE:CRS) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

Which has better earnings and valuation, CMC or CRS?

Commercial Metals has higher revenue and earnings than Carpenter Technology. Commercial Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carpenter Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Commercial Metals	$8.80B	0.73	$859.76M	$5.76	9.62
Carpenter Technology	$2.72B	2.05	$56.40M	$2.63	42.73

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CMC or CRS?

86.9% of Commercial Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Carpenter Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Commercial Metals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Carpenter Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor CMC or CRS?

In the previous week, Carpenter Technology had 17 more articles in the media than Commercial Metals. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Carpenter Technology and 5 mentions for Commercial Metals. Commercial Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Carpenter Technology's score of 0.60 indicating that Commercial Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Commercial Metals	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Carpenter Technology	7 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CMC or CRS?

Commercial Metals received 22 more outperform votes than Carpenter Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.32% of users gave Carpenter Technology an outperform vote while only 54.25% of users gave Commercial Metals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Commercial Metals	Outperform Votes 332 54.25%	Underperform Votes 280 45.75%
Carpenter Technology	Outperform Votes 310 64.32%	Underperform Votes 172 35.68%

Is CMC or CRS more profitable?

Commercial Metals has a net margin of 8.09% compared to Carpenter Technology's net margin of 4.83%. Commercial Metals' return on equity of 17.72% beat Carpenter Technology's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Commercial Metals	8.09%	17.72%	11.09%
Carpenter Technology	4.83%	12.75%	5.93%

Do analysts prefer CMC or CRS?

Commercial Metals presently has a consensus price target of $57.67, suggesting a potential upside of 4.07%. Carpenter Technology has a consensus price target of $109.67, suggesting a potential downside of 2.42%. Given Commercial Metals' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Commercial Metals is more favorable than Carpenter Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Commercial Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Carpenter Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more risk & volatility, CMC or CRS?

Commercial Metals has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carpenter Technology has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CMC or CRS a better dividend stock?

Commercial Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Carpenter Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Commercial Metals pays out 12.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carpenter Technology pays out 30.4% 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. Commercial Metals is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Commercial Metals beats Carpenter Technology on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.