POSCO (PKX) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer PKX or HWM?

Howmet Aerospace has a consensus price target of $122.28, suggesting a potential downside of 0.75%. Given Howmet Aerospace's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Howmet Aerospace is more favorable than POSCO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
POSCO	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Howmet Aerospace	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Is PKX or HWM a better dividend stock?

POSCO pays an annual dividend of $0.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Howmet Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. POSCO pays out 32.6% 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 PKX or HWM?

90.5% of Howmet Aerospace shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of POSCO shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Howmet Aerospace shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is PKX or HWM more profitable?

Howmet Aerospace has a net margin of 15.55% compared to POSCO's net margin of 1.55%. Howmet Aerospace's return on equity of 25.74% beat POSCO's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
POSCO	1.55%	1.87%	1.10%
Howmet Aerospace	15.55%	25.74%	10.50%

Does the media prefer PKX or HWM?

In the previous week, Howmet Aerospace had 27 more articles in the media than POSCO. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Howmet Aerospace and 1 mentions for POSCO. Howmet Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat POSCO's score of 0.35 indicating that Howmet Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
POSCO	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Howmet Aerospace	19 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, PKX or HWM?

POSCO has higher revenue and earnings than Howmet Aerospace. POSCO 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
POSCO	$72.69T	0.00	$1.36B	$2.18	20.57
Howmet Aerospace	$7.43B	6.72	$1.16B	$2.82	43.69

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PKX or HWM?

POSCO received 143 more outperform votes than Howmet Aerospace when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.92% of users gave Howmet Aerospace an outperform vote while only 59.77% of users gave POSCO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
POSCO	Outperform Votes 263 59.77%	Underperform Votes 177 40.23%
Howmet Aerospace	Outperform Votes 120 77.92%	Underperform Votes 34 22.08%

Which has more risk & volatility, PKX or HWM?

POSCO has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Howmet Aerospace has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Howmet Aerospace beats POSCO on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.