Constellium (CSTM) Competitors

Gerdau (NYSE:GGB) and Constellium (NYSE:CSTM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and risk.

Which has more risk & volatility, GGB or CSTM?

Gerdau has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Constellium has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, GGB or CSTM?

Gerdau has higher revenue and earnings than Constellium. Gerdau is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Constellium, 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
Gerdau	$67.03B	0.09	$1.50B	$0.43	6.97
Constellium	$7.34B	0.21	$135.29M	$0.32	33.95

Is GGB or CSTM more profitable?

Gerdau has a net margin of 7.03% compared to Constellium's net margin of 0.67%. Gerdau's return on equity of 7.74% beat Constellium's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gerdau	7.03%	7.74%	5.23%
Constellium	0.67%	4.83%	0.94%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in GGB or CSTM?

1.5% of Gerdau shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of Constellium shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Gerdau shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Constellium shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GGB or CSTM?

Constellium received 94 more outperform votes than Gerdau when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.66% of users gave Constellium an outperform vote while only 58.76% of users gave Gerdau an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gerdau	Outperform Votes 285 58.76%	Underperform Votes 200 41.24%
Constellium	Outperform Votes 379 68.66%	Underperform Votes 173 31.34%

Does the media favor GGB or CSTM?

In the previous week, Constellium had 4 more articles in the media than Gerdau. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Constellium and 1 mentions for Gerdau. Gerdau's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Constellium's score of 1.09 indicating that Gerdau is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gerdau	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Constellium	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate GGB or CSTM?

Gerdau currently has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 66.94%. Constellium has a consensus target price of $20.25, indicating a potential upside of 86.38%. Given Constellium's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Constellium is more favorable than Gerdau.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gerdau	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Constellium	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Constellium beats Gerdau on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.