Carpenter Technology (CRS) Competitors

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

Is NUE or CRS a better dividend stock?

Nucor pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Carpenter Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Nucor pays out 26.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carpenter Technology pays out 15.1% 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 prefer NUE or CRS?

In the previous week, Nucor had 19 more articles in the media than Carpenter Technology. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Nucor and 15 mentions for Carpenter Technology. Carpenter Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Nucor's score of 0.89 indicating that Carpenter Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nucor	18 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carpenter Technology	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, NUE or CRS?

Nucor has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carpenter Technology has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in 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. 0.5% of Nucor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Carpenter Technology shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer NUE or CRS?

Nucor currently has a consensus price target of $164.78, indicating a potential upside of 29.16%. Carpenter Technology has a consensus price target of $167.17, indicating a potential downside of 10.13%. Given Nucor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
Carpenter Technology	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has preferable 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	$30.73B	0.96	$2.03B	$8.41	15.17
Carpenter Technology	$2.88B	3.23	$186.50M	$5.30	35.09

Is NUE or CRS 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
Nucor	6.60%	9.85%	6.25%
Carpenter Technology	9.34%	19.88%	9.92%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NUE or CRS?

Nucor received 374 more outperform votes than Carpenter Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.78% of users gave Carpenter Technology an outperform vote while only 64.32% of users gave Nucor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nucor	Outperform Votes 694 64.32%	Underperform Votes 385 35.68%
Carpenter Technology	Outperform Votes 320 64.78%	Underperform Votes 174 35.22%

Summary

Nucor beats Carpenter Technology on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.