ArcelorMittal (MT) Competitors

ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) and Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, risk and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer MT or HWM?

ArcelorMittal currently has a consensus target price of $31.17, indicating a potential upside of 30.00%. Howmet Aerospace has a consensus target price of $115.59, indicating a potential upside of 3.20%. Given ArcelorMittal's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ArcelorMittal is more favorable than Howmet Aerospace.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ArcelorMittal	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Howmet Aerospace	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76

Is MT or HWM a better dividend stock?

ArcelorMittal pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Howmet Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. ArcelorMittal pays out -29.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Howmet Aerospace pays out 12.2% 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. ArcelorMittal is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, MT or HWM?

ArcelorMittal has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Howmet Aerospace has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MT or HWM?

ArcelorMittal has higher revenue and earnings than Howmet Aerospace. ArcelorMittal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Howmet Aerospace, 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
ArcelorMittal	$62.28B	0.31	$919M	-$1.41	-17.00
Howmet Aerospace	$7.27B	6.26	$765M	$2.62	42.75

Does the media refer more to MT or HWM?

In the previous week, Howmet Aerospace had 10 more articles in the media than ArcelorMittal. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Howmet Aerospace and 5 mentions for ArcelorMittal. Howmet Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat ArcelorMittal's score of 0.48 indicating that Howmet Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ArcelorMittal	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Howmet Aerospace	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MT or HWM?

ArcelorMittal received 714 more outperform votes than Howmet Aerospace when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.78% of users gave Howmet Aerospace an outperform vote while only 63.01% of users gave ArcelorMittal an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ArcelorMittal	Outperform Votes 826 63.01%	Underperform Votes 485 36.99%
Howmet Aerospace	Outperform Votes 112 77.78%	Underperform Votes 32 22.22%

Is MT or HWM more profitable?

Howmet Aerospace has a net margin of 14.81% compared to ArcelorMittal's net margin of -1.99%. Howmet Aerospace's return on equity of 24.50% beat ArcelorMittal's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ArcelorMittal	-1.99%	5.26%	3.15%
Howmet Aerospace	14.81%	24.50%	9.72%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in MT or HWM?

9.3% of ArcelorMittal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Howmet Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of ArcelorMittal shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Howmet Aerospace shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Howmet Aerospace beats ArcelorMittal on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.