Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (SID) Competitors

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) and Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (NYSE:SID) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking and dividends.

Do analysts prefer HWM or SID?

Howmet Aerospace currently has a consensus price target of $115.59, suggesting a potential upside of 3.17%. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional has a consensus price target of $2.95, suggesting a potential upside of 96.67%. Given Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is more favorable than Howmet Aerospace.

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
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Is HWM or SID more profitable?

Howmet Aerospace has a net margin of 14.81% compared to Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's net margin of -2.36%. Howmet Aerospace's return on equity of 24.50% beat Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Howmet Aerospace	14.81%	24.50%	9.72%
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional	-2.36%	-5.33%	-1.02%

Which has more risk & volatility, HWM or SID?

Howmet Aerospace has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer HWM or SID?

In the previous week, Howmet Aerospace had 2 more articles in the media than Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Howmet Aerospace and 3 mentions for Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional. Howmet Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's score of -0.48 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is HWM or SID a better dividend stock?

Howmet Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.7%. Howmet Aerospace pays out 12.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional pays out -146.7% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HWM or SID?

Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional received 133 more outperform votes than Howmet Aerospace when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.78% of users gave Howmet Aerospace an outperform vote while only 54.32% of users gave Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Howmet Aerospace	Outperform Votes 112 77.78%	Underperform Votes 32 22.22%
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional	Outperform Votes 245 54.32%	Underperform Votes 206 45.68%

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

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HWM or SID?

Howmet Aerospace has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional 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	$7.27B	6.26	$765M	$2.62	42.76
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional	$43.67B	0.05	-$63.74M	-$0.15	-10.00

Summary

Howmet Aerospace beats Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.