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CMC vs. STLD, RS, CRS, X, ATI, CLF, WOR, ZEUS, RDUS, and NUE

Should you be buying Commercial Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Commercial Metals include Steel Dynamics (STLD), Reliance (RS), Carpenter Technology (CRS), United States Steel (X), ATI (ATI), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Olympic Steel (ZEUS), Radius Recycling (RDUS), and Nucor (NUE). These companies are all part of the "steel" industry.

Commercial Metals vs.

Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) and Commercial Metals (NYSE:CMC) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.

Steel Dynamics received 503 more outperform votes than Commercial Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.58% of users gave Steel Dynamics an outperform vote while only 53.75% of users gave Commercial Metals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Steel DynamicsOutperform Votes
840
67.58%
Underperform Votes
403
32.42%
Commercial MetalsOutperform Votes
337
53.75%
Underperform Votes
290
46.25%

82.4% of Steel Dynamics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Commercial Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Steel Dynamics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Commercial Metals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Steel Dynamics has higher revenue and earnings than Commercial Metals. Steel Dynamics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Commercial Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Steel Dynamics$17.54B1.10$2.45B$9.8012.92
Commercial Metals$7.93B0.72$485.49M$1.1145.48

Steel Dynamics has a net margin of 8.76% compared to Commercial Metals' net margin of 1.70%. Steel Dynamics' return on equity of 17.25% beat Commercial Metals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Steel Dynamics8.76% 17.25% 10.08%
Commercial Metals 1.70%9.88%6.16%

Steel Dynamics has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Commercial Metals has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Steel Dynamics currently has a consensus price target of $143.38, indicating a potential upside of 13.21%. Commercial Metals has a consensus price target of $63.83, indicating a potential upside of 26.45%. Given Commercial Metals' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Commercial Metals 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)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44
Commercial Metals
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

In the previous week, Steel Dynamics had 56 more articles in the media than Commercial Metals. MarketBeat recorded 67 mentions for Steel Dynamics and 11 mentions for Commercial Metals. Steel Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Commercial Metals' score of -0.29 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
25 Very Positive mention(s)
17 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Commercial Metals
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Steel Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Commercial Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Steel Dynamics pays out 18.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Commercial Metals pays out 64.9% 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. Steel Dynamics has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Steel Dynamics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Steel Dynamics beats Commercial Metals on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CMC vs. The Competition

MetricCommercial MetalsBlast furnaces & steel mills IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.73B$10.60B$3.04B$20.12B
Dividend Yield1.43%3.10%5.06%3.62%
P/E Ratio45.4519.36108.2341.79
Price / Sales0.720.84787,286.1716.35
Price / Cash7.555.6524.4020.35
Price / Book1.431.283.645.78
Net Income$485.49M$1.44B$153.16M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-2.23%0.47%-0.52%-0.31%
1 Month Performance0.74%4.49%3.68%4.13%
1 Year Performance-2.45%0.74%25.53%17.02%

Commercial Metals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMC
Commercial Metals
4.9546 of 5 stars
$50.34
+1.5%
$63.83
+26.8%
-4.0%$5.72B$7.93B45.3513,178
STLD
Steel Dynamics
4.9495 of 5 stars
$121.84
-0.4%
$143.38
+17.7%
+5.2%$18.58B$17.54B12.4512,600Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
RS
Reliance
3.9306 of 5 stars
$289.07
-0.6%
$328.17
+13.5%
+2.5%$15.64B$14.81B15.8715,000
CRS
Carpenter Technology
4.1139 of 5 stars
$198.81
-5.6%
$155.50
-21.8%
+214.3%$9.91B$2.76B44.264,600Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
X
United States Steel
4.0761 of 5 stars
$36.84
-1.5%
$41.07
+11.5%
-23.8%$8.29B$18.05B24.2321,803Analyst Revision
ATI
ATI
4.2407 of 5 stars
$56.30
-3.9%
$73.71
+30.9%
+36.6%$8.03B$4.17B21.657,300Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
CLF
Cleveland-Cliffs
3.6744 of 5 stars
$9.92
-0.9%
$16.93
+70.6%
-46.1%$4.90B$22.00B-10.2326,000Short Interest ↓
WOR
Worthington Enterprises
2.6728 of 5 stars
$42.31
+1.2%
$46.00
+8.7%
-25.3%$2.12B$1.25B51.003,800News Coverage
ZEUS
Olympic Steel
4.7037 of 5 stars
$35.68
+0.8%
$42.00
+17.7%
-47.5%$396.73M$2.16B15.632,168Positive News
RDUS
Radius Recycling
4.3438 of 5 stars
$12.23
-2.0%
$22.00
+79.8%
-52.9%$345.24M$2.74B-1.223,011Short Interest ↓
NUE
Nucor
4.9553 of 5 stars
$122.45
+0.2%
$163.63
+33.6%
-30.3%$28.75B$34.71B11.8332,000Earnings Report
Options Volume
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:CMC) was last updated on 1/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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