ATI (ATI) Competitors

Nucor (NYSE:NUE) and ATI (NYSE:ATI) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NUE or ATI?

Nucor received 235 more outperform votes than ATI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.28% of users gave Nucor an outperform vote while only 58.16% of users gave ATI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nucor	Outperform Votes 691 64.28%	Underperform Votes 384 35.72%
ATI	Outperform Votes 456 58.16%	Underperform Votes 328 41.84%

Does the media refer more to NUE or ATI?

In the previous week, Nucor had 20 more articles in the media than ATI. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Nucor and 5 mentions for ATI. Nucor's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat ATI's score of 0.55 indicating that Nucor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nucor	16 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ATI	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate NUE or ATI?

Nucor currently has a consensus price target of $163.13, indicating a potential upside of 20.67%. ATI has a consensus price target of $75.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.42%. Given ATI's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ATI is more favorable than Nucor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nucor	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
ATI	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NUE or ATI?

76.5% of Nucor shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Nucor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of ATI shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, NUE or ATI?

Nucor has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ATI has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NUE or ATI a better dividend stock?

Nucor pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. ATI pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Nucor pays out 26.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ATI pays out 12.5% 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 increased its dividend for 52 consecutive years. Nucor is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is NUE or ATI more profitable?

ATI has a net margin of 8.43% compared to Nucor's net margin of 6.60%. ATI's return on equity of 21.16% beat Nucor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nucor	6.60%	9.85%	6.25%
ATI	8.43%	21.16%	7.10%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, NUE or ATI?

Nucor has higher revenue and earnings than ATI. Nucor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ATI, 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
Nucor	$30.73B	1.03	$2.03B	$8.41	16.07
ATI	$4.36B	1.90	$367.80M	$2.55	22.73

Summary

Nucor beats ATI on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.