Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) Competitors

Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) and Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE:CLF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor STLD or CLF?

Steel Dynamics received 127 more outperform votes than Cleveland-Cliffs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.44% of users gave Steel Dynamics an outperform vote while only 53.16% of users gave Cleveland-Cliffs an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Steel Dynamics	Outperform Votes 841 67.44%	Underperform Votes 406 32.56%
Cleveland-Cliffs	Outperform Votes 714 53.16%	Underperform Votes 629 46.84%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, STLD or CLF?

Steel Dynamics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cleveland-Cliffs. Cleveland-Cliffs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Steel Dynamics, 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
Steel Dynamics	$17.54B	1.13	$1.54B	$9.80	13.34
Cleveland-Cliffs	$22.00B	0.25	$399M	-$0.97	-11.70

Is STLD or CLF more profitable?

Steel Dynamics has a net margin of 8.76% compared to Cleveland-Cliffs' net margin of -2.31%. Steel Dynamics' return on equity of 17.32% beat Cleveland-Cliffs' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Steel Dynamics	8.76%	17.32%	10.13%
Cleveland-Cliffs	-2.31%	-0.59%	-0.26%

Which has more risk & volatility, STLD or CLF?

Steel Dynamics has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cleveland-Cliffs has a beta of 1.96, indicating that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend STLD or CLF?

Steel Dynamics presently has a consensus price target of $146.22, suggesting a potential upside of 11.87%. Cleveland-Cliffs has a consensus price target of $16.68, suggesting a potential upside of 47.00%. Given Cleveland-Cliffs' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cleveland-Cliffs is more favorable than Steel Dynamics.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Steel Dynamics	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Cleveland-Cliffs	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of STLD or CLF?

82.4% of Steel Dynamics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Steel Dynamics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor STLD or CLF?

In the previous week, Steel Dynamics had 6 more articles in the media than Cleveland-Cliffs. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Steel Dynamics and 17 mentions for Cleveland-Cliffs. Steel Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Cleveland-Cliffs' score of 0.47 indicating that Steel Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Steel Dynamics	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cleveland-Cliffs	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Steel Dynamics beats Cleveland-Cliffs on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.