SID vs. GGB, TX, WS, CSTM, ASTL, SPLP, MTUS, ACNT, HUHU, and APWC
Should you be buying Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional include Gerdau (GGB), Ternium (TX), Worthington Steel (WS), Constellium (CSTM), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), Steel Partners (SPLP), Metallus (MTUS), Ascent Industries (ACNT), HUHUTECH International Group (HUHU), and Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional vs.
Gerdau (NYSE:GGB) and Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (NYSE:SID) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and earnings.
Gerdau currently has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 47.49%. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional has a consensus price target of $2.95, suggesting a potential upside of 48.61%. Given Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is more favorable than Gerdau.
Gerdau has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gerdau, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gerdau has a net margin of 7.47% compared to Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's net margin of -0.34%. Gerdau's return on equity of 7.86% beat Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's return on equity.
1.5% of Gerdau shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Gerdau shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Gerdau received 40 more outperform votes than Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.88% of users gave Gerdau an outperform vote while only 54.44% of users gave Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional an outperform vote.
Gerdau pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. Gerdau pays out 19.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional pays out -733.3% 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. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Gerdau had 2 more articles in the media than Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Gerdau and 0 mentions for Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional. Gerdau's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's score of 0.00 indicating that Gerdau is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gerdau has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional has a beta of 2.16, indicating that its stock price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Gerdau beats Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SID) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
