MT vs. ZEUS, CBT, CE, DOW, FCX, HBM, NUE, SCCO, TECK, and HWM
Should you be buying ArcelorMittal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ArcelorMittal include Olympic Steel (ZEUS), Cabot (CBT), Celanese (CE), DOW (DOW), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), HudBay Minerals (HBM), Nucor (NUE), Southern Copper (SCCO), Teck Resources (TECK), and Howmet Aerospace (HWM).
ArcelorMittal vs. Its Competitors
Olympic Steel (NASDAQ:ZEUS) and ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
ArcelorMittal has a net margin of 1.98% compared to Olympic Steel's net margin of 0.88%. ArcelorMittal's return on equity of 4.11% beat Olympic Steel's return on equity.
ArcelorMittal has higher revenue and earnings than Olympic Steel. ArcelorMittal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Olympic Steel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Olympic Steel has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ArcelorMittal has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Olympic Steel presently has a consensus price target of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.88%. ArcelorMittal has a consensus price target of $32.95, suggesting a potential upside of 0.21%. Given Olympic Steel's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Olympic Steel is more favorable than ArcelorMittal.
87.1% of Olympic Steel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.3% of ArcelorMittal shares are held by institutional investors. 13.8% of Olympic Steel shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of ArcelorMittal shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Olympic Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. ArcelorMittal pays an annual dividend of $0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Olympic Steel pays out 44.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ArcelorMittal pays out 30.7% 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. Olympic Steel has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Olympic Steel is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, ArcelorMittal had 3 more articles in the media than Olympic Steel. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ArcelorMittal and 0 mentions for Olympic Steel. Olympic Steel's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat ArcelorMittal's score of 0.51 indicating that Olympic Steel is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
ArcelorMittal beats Olympic Steel on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MT) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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