STLD vs. TS, X, CMC, CRS, NUE, MT, TX, CCJ, WLK, and FNV
Should you be buying Steel Dynamics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Steel Dynamics include Tenaris (TS), United States Steel (X), Commercial Metals (CMC), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Nucor (NUE), ArcelorMittal (MT), Ternium (TX), Cameco (CCJ), Westlake (WLK), and Franco-Nevada (FNV).
Tenaris (NYSE:TS) and Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Steel Dynamics had 13 more articles in the media than Tenaris. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Steel Dynamics and 3 mentions for Tenaris. Tenaris' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Steel Dynamics' score of 0.85 indicating that Steel Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Steel Dynamics received 424 more outperform votes than Tenaris when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.36% of users gave Steel Dynamics an outperform vote while only 61.93% of users gave Tenaris an outperform vote.
Tenaris has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steel Dynamics has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tenaris pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Steel Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Tenaris pays out 13.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Steel Dynamics pays out 12.6% 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. Tenaris has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Steel Dynamics has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years.
Tenaris has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Steel Dynamics. Tenaris is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Steel Dynamics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
10.5% of Tenaris shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Steel Dynamics shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Tenaris shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Steel Dynamics shares are held by 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.
Tenaris has a net margin of 24.89% compared to Tenaris' net margin of 12.89%. Tenaris' return on equity of 27.62% beat Steel Dynamics' return on equity.
Tenaris presently has a consensus price target of $41.60, indicating a potential upside of 18.52%. Steel Dynamics has a consensus price target of $121.17, indicating a potential downside of 9.53%. Given Steel Dynamics' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Tenaris is more favorable than Steel Dynamics.
Summary
Steel Dynamics beats Tenaris on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding STLD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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