ArcelorMittal (MT) Competitors

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

Is MT or HWM a better dividend stock?

ArcelorMittal pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Howmet Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. ArcelorMittal pays out 26.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Howmet Aerospace pays out 14.2% 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.

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

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

Is MT or HWM more profitable?

Howmet Aerospace has a net margin of 15.55% compared to ArcelorMittal's net margin of 2.14%. Howmet Aerospace's return on equity of 25.74% beat ArcelorMittal's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ArcelorMittal	2.14%	4.31%	2.56%
Howmet Aerospace	15.55%	25.74%	10.50%

Do analysts rate MT or HWM?

ArcelorMittal presently has a consensus price target of $31.17, indicating a potential upside of 12.21%. Howmet Aerospace has a consensus price target of $123.28, indicating a potential downside of 5.05%. 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
ArcelorMittal	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Howmet Aerospace	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Which has more risk and volatility, MT or HWM?

ArcelorMittal has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Howmet Aerospace has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MT or HWM?

ArcelorMittal received 708 more outperform votes than Howmet Aerospace when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.67% of users gave Howmet Aerospace an outperform vote while only 62.96% of users gave ArcelorMittal an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ArcelorMittal	Outperform Votes 826 62.96%	Underperform Votes 486 37.04%
Howmet Aerospace	Outperform Votes 118 78.67%	Underperform Votes 32 21.33%

Which has higher valuation & 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	$62.44B	0.36	$1.34B	$1.65	16.83
Howmet Aerospace	$7.43B	7.08	$1.16B	$2.82	46.04

Does the media prefer MT or HWM?

In the previous week, Howmet Aerospace had 37 more articles in the media than ArcelorMittal. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Howmet Aerospace and 7 mentions for ArcelorMittal. Howmet Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat ArcelorMittal's score of 0.42 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Howmet Aerospace	25 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Howmet Aerospace beats ArcelorMittal on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.