Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) Competitors

Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE:CLF) and Reliance (NYSE:RS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CLF or RS?

Reliance has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cleveland-Cliffs. Cleveland-Cliffs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reliance, 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
Cleveland-Cliffs	$19.19B	0.24	$399M	-$1.58	-5.96
Reliance	$13.84B	1.12	$1.34B	$15.44	19.00

Is CLF or RS more profitable?

Reliance has a net margin of 6.33% compared to Cleveland-Cliffs' net margin of -2.31%. Reliance's return on equity of 11.87% beat Cleveland-Cliffs' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cleveland-Cliffs	-2.31%	-0.59%	-0.26%
Reliance	6.33%	11.87%	8.63%

Is CLF or RS a better dividend stock?

Cleveland-Cliffs pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Reliance pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Cleveland-Cliffs pays out -15.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Reliance pays out 31.1% 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. Reliance has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Cleveland-Cliffs is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor CLF or RS?

In the previous week, Cleveland-Cliffs and Cleveland-Cliffs both had 29 articles in the media. Reliance's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Cleveland-Cliffs' score of 0.39 indicating that Reliance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cleveland-Cliffs	11 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Reliance	15 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CLF or RS?

Cleveland-Cliffs received 237 more outperform votes than Reliance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.82% of users gave Reliance an outperform vote while only 53.30% of users gave Cleveland-Cliffs an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cleveland-Cliffs	Outperform Votes 718 53.30%	Underperform Votes 629 46.70%
Reliance	Outperform Votes 481 64.82%	Underperform Votes 261 35.18%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CLF or RS?

67.7% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.3% of Reliance shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Reliance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, CLF or RS?

Cleveland-Cliffs has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reliance has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate CLF or RS?

Cleveland-Cliffs currently has a consensus target price of $16.43, indicating a potential upside of 74.64%. Reliance has a consensus target price of $329.17, indicating a potential upside of 12.23%. Given Cleveland-Cliffs' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cleveland-Cliffs is more favorable than Reliance.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cleveland-Cliffs	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Reliance	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Summary

Reliance beats Cleveland-Cliffs on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.