CMC vs. STLD, ZEUS, ASIX, AVNT, CBT, CLF, NTR, NUE, RS, and CRS
Should you be buying Commercial Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Commercial Metals include Steel Dynamics (STLD), Olympic Steel (ZEUS), AdvanSix (ASIX), Avient (AVNT), Cabot (CBT), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Nutrien (NTR), Nucor (NUE), Reliance (RS), and Carpenter Technology (CRS). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Commercial Metals vs. Its Competitors
Commercial Metals (NYSE:CMC) and Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
Commercial Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Steel Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Commercial Metals pays out 232.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Steel Dynamics pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Commercial Metals has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Steel Dynamics has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Steel Dynamics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Steel Dynamics had 4 more articles in the media than Commercial Metals. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Steel Dynamics and 6 mentions for Commercial Metals. Steel Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Commercial Metals' score of 1.34 indicating that Steel Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Steel Dynamics has a net margin of 6.80% compared to Commercial Metals' net margin of 0.48%. Steel Dynamics' return on equity of 13.26% beat Commercial Metals' return on equity.
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.
Commercial Metals has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steel Dynamics has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Commercial Metals presently has a consensus price target of $57.21, suggesting a potential upside of 9.17%. Steel Dynamics has a consensus price target of $148.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.15%. Given Steel Dynamics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Steel Dynamics is more favorable than Commercial Metals.
86.9% of Commercial Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Steel Dynamics shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Commercial Metals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Steel Dynamics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Steel Dynamics beats Commercial Metals on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:CMC) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
