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.
Commercial Metals (NYSE:CMC) and Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Commercial Metals has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steel Dynamics has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Commercial Metals presently has a consensus price target of $62.33, indicating a potential upside of 28.51%. Steel Dynamics has a consensus price target of $146.22, indicating a potential upside of 9.71%. Given Commercial Metals' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Commercial Metals is more favorable than Steel Dynamics.
86.9% of Commercial Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Steel Dynamics shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Commercial Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Steel Dynamics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Steel Dynamics had 19 more articles in the media than Commercial Metals. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Steel Dynamics and 13 mentions for Commercial Metals. Steel Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Commercial Metals' score of -0.06 indicating that Steel Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Steel Dynamics has a net margin of 8.76% compared to Commercial Metals' net margin of 1.70%. Steel Dynamics' return on equity of 17.32% beat Commercial Metals' return on equity.
Commercial Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Steel Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Commercial Metals pays out 64.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Steel Dynamics pays out 20.4% 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 13 consecutive years. Steel Dynamics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Steel Dynamics received 504 more outperform votes than Commercial Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.33% of users gave Steel Dynamics an outperform vote while only 53.66% of users gave Commercial Metals an outperform vote.
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.
Summary
Steel Dynamics beats Commercial Metals on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CMC) was last updated on 3/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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