Carpenter Technology (CRS) Competitors

Carpenter Technology (NYSE:CRS) and Nucor (NYSE:NUE) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and earnings.

Do analysts prefer CRS or NUE?

Carpenter Technology presently has a consensus target price of $156.33, indicating a potential downside of 19.92%. Nucor has a consensus target price of $163.13, indicating a potential upside of 20.67%. Given Nucor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nucor is more favorable than Carpenter Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carpenter Technology	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Nucor	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Which has more risk and volatility, CRS or NUE?

Carpenter Technology has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nucor has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CRS or NUE?

92.0% of Carpenter Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.5% of Nucor shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Carpenter Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Nucor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CRS or NUE a better dividend stock?

Carpenter Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Nucor pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Carpenter Technology pays out 15.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nucor pays out 26.2% 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. Nucor has raised its dividend for 52 consecutive years. Nucor is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media favor CRS or NUE?

In the previous week, Nucor had 2 more articles in the media than Carpenter Technology. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Nucor and 22 mentions for Carpenter Technology. Nucor's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Carpenter Technology's score of 0.94 indicating that Nucor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Carpenter Technology	12 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nucor	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CRS or NUE more profitable?

Carpenter Technology has a net margin of 9.34% compared to Nucor's net margin of 6.60%. Carpenter Technology's return on equity of 19.88% beat Nucor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carpenter Technology	9.34%	19.88%	9.92%
Nucor	6.60%	9.85%	6.25%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CRS or NUE?

Nucor received 371 more outperform votes than Carpenter Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.91% of users gave Carpenter Technology an outperform vote while only 64.28% of users gave Nucor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Carpenter Technology	Outperform Votes 320 64.91%	Underperform Votes 173 35.09%
Nucor	Outperform Votes 691 64.28%	Underperform Votes 384 35.72%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CRS or NUE?

Nucor has higher revenue and earnings than Carpenter Technology. Nucor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carpenter Technology, 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
Carpenter Technology	$2.76B	3.53	$186.50M	$5.30	36.83
Nucor	$30.73B	1.03	$2.03B	$8.41	16.07

Summary

Nucor beats Carpenter Technology on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.