POSCO (PKX) Competitors

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

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

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, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, HWM or PKX?

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
Howmet Aerospace	$7.43B	7.23	$1.16B	$2.82	47.04
POSCO	$72.69T	0.00	$1.36B	$2.18	23.29

Is HWM or PKX 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
Howmet Aerospace	15.55%	25.74%	10.50%
POSCO	1.55%	1.87%	1.10%

Which has more risk and volatility, HWM or PKX?

Howmet Aerospace has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, POSCO has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HWM or PKX a better dividend stock?

Howmet Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. POSCO pays an annual dividend of $1.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Howmet Aerospace pays out 14.2% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HWM or PKX?

POSCO received 145 more outperform votes than Howmet Aerospace when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.67% of users gave Howmet Aerospace an outperform vote while only 59.77% of users gave POSCO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Howmet Aerospace	Outperform Votes 118 78.67%	Underperform Votes 32 21.33%
POSCO	Outperform Votes 263 59.77%	Underperform Votes 177 40.23%

Does the media refer more to HWM or PKX?

In the previous week, Howmet Aerospace had 19 more articles in the media than POSCO. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Howmet Aerospace and 6 mentions for POSCO. Howmet Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat POSCO's score of 0.81 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	22 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
POSCO	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer HWM or PKX?

Howmet Aerospace currently has a consensus price target of $123.28, suggesting a potential downside of 7.06%. 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
Howmet Aerospace	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
POSCO	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Howmet Aerospace beats POSCO on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.