Carpenter Technology (CRS) Competitors

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

Is NUE or CRS a better dividend stock?

Nucor pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Carpenter Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Nucor pays out 21.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carpenter Technology pays out 17.8% 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 increased its dividend for 52 consecutive years. Nucor is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of NUE or CRS?

76.5% of Nucor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Carpenter Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Nucor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Carpenter Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate NUE or CRS?

Nucor presently has a consensus price target of $163.63, indicating a potential upside of 31.53%. Carpenter Technology has a consensus price target of $153.00, indicating a potential downside of 26.03%. Given Nucor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Nucor is more favorable than Carpenter Technology.

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

Does the media refer more to NUE or CRS?

In the previous week, Nucor had 16 more articles in the media than Carpenter Technology. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Nucor and 10 mentions for Carpenter Technology. Nucor's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Carpenter Technology's score of 0.78 indicating that Nucor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nucor	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carpenter Technology	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is NUE or CRS more profitable?

Carpenter Technology's return on equity of 18.01% beat Nucor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nucor	8.05%	12.06%	7.63%
Carpenter Technology	8.05%	18.01%	8.76%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, NUE or CRS?

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
Nucor	$34.71B	0.84	$4.52B	$10.35	12.02
Carpenter Technology	$2.83B	3.65	$186.50M	$4.49	46.07

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NUE or CRS?

Nucor received 371 more outperform votes than Carpenter Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.77% of users gave Carpenter Technology an outperform vote while only 64.39% of users gave Nucor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nucor	Outperform Votes 689 64.39%	Underperform Votes 381 35.61%
Carpenter Technology	Outperform Votes 318 64.77%	Underperform Votes 173 35.23%

Which has more volatility and risk, NUE or CRS?

Nucor has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carpenter Technology has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Nucor beats Carpenter Technology on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.