POSCO (PKX) Competitors

POSCO (NYSE:PKX) 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 profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer PKX or HWM?

Howmet Aerospace has a consensus price target of $115.71, suggesting a potential downside of 9.03%. Given Howmet Aerospace's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PKX or HWM?

POSCO received 150 more outperform votes than Howmet Aerospace when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.93% 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 113 77.93%	Underperform Votes 32 22.07%

Is PKX or HWM a better dividend stock?

POSCO pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Howmet Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. POSCO pays out 49.1% 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, PKX or HWM?

POSCO has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Howmet Aerospace has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PKX or HWM more profitable?

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
POSCO	1.78%	2.15%	1.26%
Howmet Aerospace	14.81%	24.50%	9.72%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PKX or HWM?

90.5% of Howmet Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of POSCO 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor PKX or HWM?

In the previous week, Howmet Aerospace had 13 more articles in the media than POSCO. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Howmet Aerospace and 1 mentions for POSCO. POSCO's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Howmet Aerospace's score of 1.15 indicating that POSCO is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
POSCO	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Howmet Aerospace	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher 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	$73.48T	0.00	$1.36B	$2.85	16.11
Howmet Aerospace	$6.64B	7.78	$765M	$2.62	48.55

Summary

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