Tenaris (TS) Competitors

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

Is HWM or TS a better dividend stock?

Howmet Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Tenaris pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Howmet Aerospace pays out 12.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tenaris pays out 23.5% 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 believe in HWM or TS?

Tenaris received 307 more outperform votes than Howmet Aerospace when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.93% of users gave Howmet Aerospace an outperform vote while only 62.13% of users gave Tenaris an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Howmet Aerospace	Outperform Votes 113 77.93%	Underperform Votes 32 22.07%
Tenaris	Outperform Votes 420 62.13%	Underperform Votes 256 37.87%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of HWM or TS?

90.5% of Howmet Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.5% of Tenaris shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Howmet Aerospace shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Tenaris shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer HWM or TS?

Howmet Aerospace presently has a consensus target price of $115.71, indicating a potential downside of 7.72%. Tenaris has a consensus target price of $42.75, indicating a potential upside of 10.70%. Given Tenaris' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tenaris 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
Tenaris	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Which has higher valuation & earnings, HWM or TS?

Tenaris has higher revenue and earnings than Howmet Aerospace. Tenaris 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	$6.64B	7.67	$765M	$2.62	47.86
Tenaris	$14.87B	1.51	$3.92B	$4.59	8.41

Which has more risk and volatility, HWM or TS?

Howmet Aerospace has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tenaris has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HWM or TS more profitable?

Tenaris has a net margin of 20.23% compared to Howmet Aerospace's net margin of 14.81%. Howmet Aerospace's return on equity of 24.50% beat Tenaris' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Howmet Aerospace	14.81%	24.50%	9.72%
Tenaris	20.23%	15.36%	12.49%

Does the media favor HWM or TS?

In the previous week, Howmet Aerospace had 12 more articles in the media than Tenaris. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Howmet Aerospace and 10 mentions for Tenaris. Howmet Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Tenaris' score of 0.22 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	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tenaris	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Howmet Aerospace beats Tenaris on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.