SPLP vs. SID, CSTM, WS, ASTL, MTUS, UAMY, ACNT, HUHU, LUD, and BWEN
Should you be buying Steel Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Steel Partners include Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (SID), Constellium (CSTM), Worthington Steel (WS), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), Metallus (MTUS), United States Antimony (UAMY), Ascent Industries (ACNT), HUHUTECH International Group (HUHU), Luda Technology Group (LUD), and Broadwind (BWEN). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.
Steel Partners vs.
Steel Partners (NYSE:SPLP) and Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (NYSE:SID) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Steel Partners had 1 more articles in the media than Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Steel Partners and 2 mentions for Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Steel Partners' score of 0.61 indicating that Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Steel Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Steel Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Steel Partners received 3 more outperform votes than Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.02% of users gave Steel Partners an outperform vote while only 54.20% of users gave Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional an outperform vote.
Steel Partners has a net margin of 11.43% compared to Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's net margin of -2.37%. Steel Partners' return on equity of 21.72% beat Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's return on equity.
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional has a consensus target price of $2.40, indicating a potential upside of 40.76%. Given Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is more favorable than Steel Partners.
Steel Partners has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional has a beta of 2.16, suggesting that its stock price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.
50.8% of Steel Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 79.2% of Steel Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Steel Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.3750 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. Steel Partners pays out 3.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional pays out -61.1% 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. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Steel Partners beats Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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