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POSCO (PKX) Competitors

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$45.32 +0.17 (+0.38%)
(As of 05:45 PM ET)

PKX vs. HWM, TS, MT, GGB, TX, WS, CSTM, ASTL, SPLP, and MTUS

Should you be buying POSCO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of POSCO include Howmet Aerospace (HWM), Tenaris (TS), ArcelorMittal (MT), Gerdau (GGB), Ternium (TX), Worthington Steel (WS), Constellium (CSTM), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), Steel Partners (SPLP), and Metallus (MTUS). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.

POSCO vs.

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

Howmet Aerospace currently has a consensus target price of $115.59, indicating a potential upside of 5.56%. Given Howmet Aerospace's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Howmet Aerospace is more favorable than POSCO.

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
POSCO
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Howmet Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. POSCO pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Howmet Aerospace pays out 12.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. POSCO pays out 49.1% 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.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Howmet Aerospace$7.27B6.12$765M$2.6241.79
POSCO$73.48T0.00$1.36B$2.8515.71

Howmet Aerospace has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, POSCO has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Howmet Aerospace had 4 more articles in the media than POSCO. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Howmet Aerospace and 4 mentions for POSCO. Howmet Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat POSCO's score of 0.73 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
POSCO
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

POSCO received 150 more outperform votes than Howmet Aerospace when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.78% of users gave Howmet Aerospace an outperform vote while only 59.82% of users gave POSCO an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Howmet AerospaceOutperform Votes
112
77.78%
Underperform Votes
32
22.22%
POSCOOutperform Votes
262
59.82%
Underperform Votes
176
40.18%

Howmet Aerospace has a net margin of 14.81% compared to POSCO's net margin of 1.78%. Howmet Aerospace's return on equity of 24.50% beat POSCO's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Howmet Aerospace14.81% 24.50% 9.72%
POSCO 1.78%2.11%1.23%

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PKX vs. The Competition

MetricPOSCOBlast furnaces & steel mills IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$13.59B$10.80B$2.85B$19.10B
Dividend Yield3.10%3.11%5.05%3.65%
P/E Ratio15.7116.18108.9340.98
Price / Sales0.000.71914,925.8017.50
Price / Cash3.245.7524.4821.28
Price / Book0.291.063.445.29
Net Income$1.36B$1.44B$153.09M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-4.13%-5.42%-2.34%-3.56%
1 Month Performance-17.46%-11.62%1.17%-5.11%
1 Year Performance-52.22%-9.22%17.15%11.06%

POSCO Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PKX
POSCO
4.8015 of 5 stars
$45.32
+0.4%
N/A-51.8%$13.75B$73.48T15.9044,501
HWM
Howmet Aerospace
3.753 of 5 stars
$113.27
-0.1%
$115.59
+2.0%
+106.9%$46.02B$7.27B43.2923,200
TS
Tenaris
2.4696 of 5 stars
$38.27
-0.8%
$40.75
+6.5%
+5.5%$22.25B$13.09B8.4129,134
MT
ArcelorMittal
3.9045 of 5 stars
$24.60
-0.4%
$31.17
+26.7%
-19.1%$19.81B$62.28B-17.52126,756
GGB
Gerdau
4.1443 of 5 stars
$3.27
+0.3%
$5.00
+52.9%
-23.4%$6.80B$64.92B7.1327,371Positive News
TX
Ternium
4.3962 of 5 stars
$30.28
-1.4%
$55.00
+81.6%
-32.2%$5.94B$17.61B76.7834,458
WS
Worthington Steel
4.1081 of 5 stars
$41.32
-1.9%
$40.00
-3.2%
+11.4%$2.10B$3.43B16.984,600Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Positive News
CSTM
Constellium
4.0142 of 5 stars
$10.98
-1.6%
$21.00
+91.3%
-48.5%$1.58B$6.78B15.0812,000
ASTL
Algoma Steel Group
0.9369 of 5 stars
$9.88
-2.0%
N/A-6.3%$1.03B$2.49B-7.942,844Positive News
SPLP
Steel Partners
2.1158 of 5 stars
$41.25
-0.6%
N/A+10.2%$791.18M$1.91B4.265,100
MTUS
Metallus
3.1863 of 5 stars
$16.01
+0.6%
N/AN/A$680.27M$1.36B30.601,840News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:PKX) was last updated on 12/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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