Ternium (TX) Competitors

Ternium (NYSE:TX) and ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of TX or MT?

12.0% of Ternium shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.3% of ArcelorMittal shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Ternium shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of ArcelorMittal shares are owned by 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TX or MT?

ArcelorMittal received 364 more outperform votes than Ternium when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.19% of users gave Ternium an outperform vote while only 62.96% of users gave ArcelorMittal an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ternium	Outperform Votes 462 66.19%	Underperform Votes 236 33.81%
ArcelorMittal	Outperform Votes 826 62.96%	Underperform Votes 486 37.04%

Which has more volatility and risk, TX or MT?

Ternium has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ArcelorMittal has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer TX or MT?

In the previous week, Ternium had 8 more articles in the media than ArcelorMittal. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Ternium and 7 mentions for ArcelorMittal. ArcelorMittal's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Ternium's score of -0.07 indicating that ArcelorMittal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ternium	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ArcelorMittal	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend TX or MT?

Ternium presently has a consensus price target of $47.50, indicating a potential upside of 60.98%. ArcelorMittal has a consensus price target of $31.17, indicating a potential upside of 12.21%. Given Ternium's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Ternium is more favorable than ArcelorMittal.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ternium	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
ArcelorMittal	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is TX or MT a better dividend stock?

Ternium pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. ArcelorMittal pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Ternium pays out -642.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ArcelorMittal pays out 26.1% 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. Ternium is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is TX or MT more profitable?

ArcelorMittal has a net margin of 2.14% compared to Ternium's net margin of -0.31%. ArcelorMittal's return on equity of 4.31% beat Ternium's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ternium	-0.31%	1.82%	1.26%
ArcelorMittal	2.14%	4.31%	2.56%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, TX or MT?

ArcelorMittal has higher revenue and earnings than Ternium. Ternium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ArcelorMittal, 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
Ternium	$17.65B	0.33	$676.04M	-$0.28	-105.38
ArcelorMittal	$62.44B	0.36	$1.34B	$1.65	16.83

Summary

ArcelorMittal beats Ternium on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.