Carpenter Technology (CRS) Competitors

Carpenter Technology (NYSE:CRS) and Commercial Metals (NYSE:CMC) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CRS or CMC?

92.0% of Carpenter Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Commercial Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Carpenter Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Commercial Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate CRS or CMC?

Carpenter Technology currently has a consensus price target of $109.67, indicating a potential downside of 1.81%. Commercial Metals has a consensus price target of $57.67, indicating a potential upside of 5.97%. Given Commercial Metals' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Commercial Metals is more favorable than Carpenter Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carpenter Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Commercial Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is CRS or CMC more profitable?

Commercial Metals has a net margin of 8.09% compared to Carpenter Technology's net margin of 4.83%. Commercial Metals' return on equity of 17.72% beat Carpenter Technology's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carpenter Technology	4.83%	12.75%	5.93%
Commercial Metals	8.09%	17.72%	11.09%

Which has more volatility and risk, CRS or CMC?

Carpenter Technology has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Commercial Metals has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CRS or CMC a better dividend stock?

Carpenter Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Commercial Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Carpenter Technology pays out 30.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Commercial Metals pays out 12.5% 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. Commercial Metals is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CRS or CMC?

Commercial Metals received 22 more outperform votes than Carpenter Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.32% of users gave Carpenter Technology an outperform vote while only 54.25% of users gave Commercial Metals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Carpenter Technology	Outperform Votes 310 64.32%	Underperform Votes 172 35.68%
Commercial Metals	Outperform Votes 332 54.25%	Underperform Votes 280 45.75%

Does the media refer more to CRS or CMC?

In the previous week, Carpenter Technology had 17 more articles in the media than Commercial Metals. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Carpenter Technology and 6 mentions for Commercial Metals. Commercial Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Carpenter Technology's score of 0.61 indicating that Commercial Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Carpenter Technology	8 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Commercial Metals	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CRS or CMC?

Commercial Metals has higher revenue and earnings than Carpenter Technology. Commercial Metals 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	$2.55B	2.17	$56.40M	$2.63	42.47
Commercial Metals	$8.80B	0.72	$859.76M	$5.76	9.45

Summary

Commercial Metals beats Carpenter Technology on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.