TX vs. X, CMC, CRS, MT, STLD, CLF, KGC, RGLD, AU, and GGB
Should you be buying Ternium stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ternium include United States Steel (X), Commercial Metals (CMC), Carpenter Technology (CRS), ArcelorMittal (MT), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Kinross Gold (KGC), Royal Gold (RGLD), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), and Gerdau (GGB). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
United States Steel (NYSE:X) and Ternium (NYSE:TX) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and earnings.
United States Steel received 456 more outperform votes than Ternium when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.18% of users gave Ternium an outperform vote while only 55.86% of users gave United States Steel an outperform vote.
In the previous week, United States Steel had 7 more articles in the media than Ternium. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for United States Steel and 5 mentions for Ternium. United States Steel's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Ternium's score of 0.74 indicating that Ternium is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
United States Steel has higher revenue and earnings than Ternium. United States Steel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ternium, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
United States Steel presently has a consensus price target of $37.89, suggesting a potential upside of 1.25%. Ternium has a consensus price target of $50.83, suggesting a potential upside of 16.64%. Given United States Steel's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ternium is more favorable than United States Steel.
United States Steel has a beta of 2, meaning that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ternium has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
United States Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Ternium pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. United States Steel pays out 5.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ternium pays out 65.3% 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.
United States Steel has a net margin of 4.96% compared to United States Steel's net margin of 3.53%. Ternium's return on equity of 10.80% beat United States Steel's return on equity.
81.9% of United States Steel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.0% of Ternium shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of United States Steel shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Ternium shares are held by company 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.
Summary
United States Steel beats Ternium on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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