ArcelorMittal (MT) Competitors

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) and ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do analysts rate HWM or MT?

Howmet Aerospace currently has a consensus price target of $115.71, suggesting a potential downside of 7.72%. ArcelorMittal has a consensus price target of $31.17, suggesting a potential upside of 34.10%. Given ArcelorMittal's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ArcelorMittal is more favorable than Howmet Aerospace.

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

Is HWM or MT a better dividend stock?

Howmet Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. ArcelorMittal pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Howmet Aerospace pays out 12.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ArcelorMittal pays out -30.5% 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. ArcelorMittal is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HWM or MT?

ArcelorMittal received 713 more outperform votes than Howmet Aerospace when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.93% of users gave Howmet Aerospace an outperform vote while only 63.01% of users gave ArcelorMittal an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Howmet Aerospace	Outperform Votes 113 77.93%	Underperform Votes 32 22.07%
ArcelorMittal	Outperform Votes 826 63.01%	Underperform Votes 485 36.99%

Which has better earnings & valuation, HWM or MT?

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
Howmet Aerospace	$7.27B	7.01	$765M	$2.62	47.86
ArcelorMittal	$68.28B	N/A	$919M	-$1.41	-16.48

Which has more volatility and risk, HWM or MT?

Howmet Aerospace has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ArcelorMittal has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HWM or MT 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
Howmet Aerospace	14.81%	24.50%	9.72%
ArcelorMittal	-1.99%	5.26%	3.15%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of HWM or MT?

90.5% of Howmet Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.3% of ArcelorMittal shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Howmet Aerospace shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of ArcelorMittal shares are held by company 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.

Does the media refer more to HWM or MT?

In the previous week, Howmet Aerospace had 18 more articles in the media than ArcelorMittal. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Howmet Aerospace and 1 mentions for ArcelorMittal. Howmet Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat ArcelorMittal's score of 0.53 indicating that Howmet Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Howmet Aerospace	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ArcelorMittal	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Howmet Aerospace beats ArcelorMittal on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.