ASTL vs. SID, WS, CSTM, SPLP, MTUS, UAMY, ACNT, HUHU, BWEN, and OCC
Should you be buying Algoma Steel Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Algoma Steel Group include Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (SID), Worthington Steel (WS), Constellium (CSTM), Steel Partners (SPLP), Metallus (MTUS), United States Antimony (UAMY), Ascent Industries (ACNT), HUHUTECH International Group (HUHU), Broadwind (BWEN), and Optical Cable (OCC). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.
Algoma Steel Group vs.
Algoma Steel Group (NASDAQ:ASTL) and Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (NYSE:SID) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
72.0% of Algoma Steel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of Algoma Steel Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional 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.
In the previous week, Algoma Steel Group and Algoma Steel Group both had 2 articles in the media. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Algoma Steel Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional received 241 more outperform votes than Algoma Steel Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.32% of users gave Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional an outperform vote while only 23.53% of users gave Algoma Steel Group an outperform vote.
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional has a consensus target price of $2.95, suggesting a potential upside of 92.18%. Given Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is more favorable than Algoma Steel Group.
Algoma Steel Group pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.3%. Algoma Steel Group pays out -15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional pays out -146.7% 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. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Algoma Steel Group has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional has a beta of 2.14, indicating that its stock price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Algoma Steel Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Algoma Steel Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional has a net margin of -2.37% compared to Algoma Steel Group's net margin of -6.30%. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's return on equity of -5.79% beat Algoma Steel Group's return on equity.
Summary
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional beats Algoma Steel Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ASTL) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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