STLD vs. TS, X, CMC, CRS, NUE, MT, TX, CCJ, FNV, and TECK
Should you be buying Steel Dynamics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Steel Dynamics include Tenaris (TS), United States Steel (X), Commercial Metals (CMC), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Nucor (NUE), ArcelorMittal (MT), Ternium (TX), Cameco (CCJ), Franco-Nevada (FNV), and Teck Resources (TECK).
Tenaris (NYSE:TS) and Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Tenaris has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steel Dynamics has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Steel Dynamics received 425 more outperform votes than Tenaris when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.36% of users gave Steel Dynamics an outperform vote while only 61.88% of users gave Tenaris an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Steel Dynamics had 25 more articles in the media than Tenaris. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Steel Dynamics and 8 mentions for Tenaris. Tenaris' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Steel Dynamics' score of 0.80 indicating that Steel Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tenaris pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Steel Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Tenaris pays out 26.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Steel Dynamics pays out 12.6% 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. Tenaris has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Steel Dynamics has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years.
Tenaris currently has a consensus target price of $41.93, suggesting a potential upside of 21.16%. Steel Dynamics has a consensus target price of $121.17, suggesting a potential downside of 9.60%. Given Steel Dynamics' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tenaris is more favorable than Steel Dynamics.
10.4% of Tenaris shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Steel Dynamics shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Tenaris shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Steel Dynamics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Tenaris has a net margin of 24.89% compared to Tenaris' net margin of 12.89%. Tenaris' return on equity of 27.62% beat Steel Dynamics' return on equity.
Tenaris has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Steel Dynamics. Tenaris is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Steel Dynamics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Steel Dynamics beats Tenaris on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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