MT vs. STLD, X, TX, CMC, NUE, CCJ, WLK, RS, FNV, and WPM
Should you be buying ArcelorMittal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ArcelorMittal include Steel Dynamics (STLD), United States Steel (X), Ternium (TX), Commercial Metals (CMC), Nucor (NUE), Cameco (CCJ), Westlake (WLK), Reliance (RS), Franco-Nevada (FNV), and Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) and Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
Steel Dynamics received 11 more outperform votes than ArcelorMittal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.36% of users gave Steel Dynamics an outperform vote while only 63.07% of users gave ArcelorMittal an outperform vote.
Steel Dynamics has a net margin of 12.89% compared to ArcelorMittal's net margin of 1.35%. Steel Dynamics' return on equity of 27.62% beat ArcelorMittal's return on equity.
ArcelorMittal currently has a consensus target price of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.19%. Steel Dynamics has a consensus target price of $121.17, suggesting a potential downside of 9.60%. Given ArcelorMittal's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe ArcelorMittal is more favorable than Steel Dynamics.
In the previous week, Steel Dynamics had 26 more articles in the media than ArcelorMittal. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Steel Dynamics and 6 mentions for ArcelorMittal. Steel Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat ArcelorMittal's score of 0.13 indicating that Steel Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ArcelorMittal pays an annual dividend of $0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Steel Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. ArcelorMittal pays out 37.0% 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.
ArcelorMittal has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its stock price is 93% 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.
9.9% of ArcelorMittal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Steel Dynamics shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of ArcelorMittal shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Steel Dynamics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Steel Dynamics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ArcelorMittal. Steel Dynamics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ArcelorMittal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Steel Dynamics beats ArcelorMittal on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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