TX vs. TS, MT, PKX, GGB, SID, WS, CSTM, ASTL, SPLP, and MTUS
Should you be buying Ternium stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ternium include Tenaris (TS), ArcelorMittal (MT), POSCO (PKX), Gerdau (GGB), Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (SID), Worthington Steel (WS), Constellium (CSTM), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), Steel Partners (SPLP), and Metallus (MTUS). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.
Ternium vs.
Tenaris (NYSE:TS) and Ternium (NYSE:TX) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
Tenaris currently has a consensus target price of $42.75, indicating a potential upside of 10.70%. Ternium has a consensus target price of $55.00, indicating a potential upside of 90.25%. Given Ternium's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ternium is more favorable than Tenaris.
Tenaris pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Ternium pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Tenaris pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ternium pays out 450.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Ternium received 41 more outperform votes than Tenaris when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.14% of users gave Ternium an outperform vote while only 62.13% of users gave Tenaris an outperform vote.
Tenaris has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ternium. Tenaris is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ternium, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tenaris has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ternium has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tenaris has a net margin of 20.23% compared to Ternium's net margin of 0.42%. Tenaris' return on equity of 15.36% beat Ternium's return on equity.
10.5% of Tenaris shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.0% of Ternium shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Tenaris shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Ternium shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Tenaris had 8 more articles in the media than Ternium. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Tenaris and 2 mentions for Ternium. Ternium's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Tenaris' score of 0.22 indicating that Ternium is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Tenaris and Ternium tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TX) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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