ATI (ATI) Competitors

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

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

76.5% of Nucor shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of ATI shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Nucor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is ATI or NUE more profitable?

ATI has a net margin of 8.85% compared to Nucor's net margin of 8.05%. ATI's return on equity of 21.39% beat Nucor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ATI	8.85%	21.39%	6.75%
Nucor	8.05%	12.06%	7.63%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ATI or NUE?

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
ATI	$4.17B	1.95	$410.80M	$2.60	21.99
Nucor	$34.71B	0.84	$4.52B	$10.35	12.02

Which has more volatility and risk, ATI or NUE?

ATI has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nucor has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ATI or NUE?

In the previous week, Nucor had 25 more articles in the media than ATI. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Nucor and 5 mentions for ATI. Nucor's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat ATI's score of 0.32 indicating that Nucor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ATI	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Nucor	18 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend ATI or NUE?

ATI currently has a consensus target price of $73.71, indicating a potential upside of 28.96%. Nucor has a consensus target price of $163.63, indicating a potential upside of 31.53%. Given Nucor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nucor is more favorable than ATI.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ATI or NUE?

Nucor received 236 more outperform votes than ATI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.39% of users gave Nucor an outperform vote while only 58.15% of users gave ATI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ATI	Outperform Votes 453 58.15%	Underperform Votes 326 41.85%
Nucor	Outperform Votes 689 64.39%	Underperform Votes 381 35.61%

Summary

Nucor beats ATI on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.