TX vs. STLD, MT, 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 Steel Dynamics (STLD), ArcelorMittal (MT), 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 Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
Steel Dynamics has higher revenue and earnings than Ternium. Steel Dynamics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ternium, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Steel Dynamics has a net margin of 12.89% compared to Ternium's net margin of 3.53%. Steel Dynamics' return on equity of 27.62% beat Ternium's return on equity.
In the previous week, Steel Dynamics had 5 more articles in the media than Ternium. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Steel Dynamics and 4 mentions for Ternium. Steel Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Ternium's score of 0.66 indicating that Steel Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ternium has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steel Dynamics has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Steel Dynamics received 377 more outperform votes than Ternium when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.30% of users gave Steel Dynamics an outperform vote while only 66.33% of users gave Ternium an outperform vote.
Ternium currently has a consensus target price of $52.33, suggesting a potential upside of 23.05%. Steel Dynamics has a consensus target price of $125.29, suggesting a potential downside of 4.99%. Given Ternium's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ternium is more favorable than Steel Dynamics.
12.0% of Ternium shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Steel Dynamics shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Ternium shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Steel Dynamics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ternium pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Steel Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. 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. Steel Dynamics pays out 12.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Steel Dynamics beats Ternium on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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