CMC vs. CRS, X, STLD, TX, MT, OLN, AGI, ICL, WFG, and PAAS
Should you be buying Commercial Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Commercial Metals include Carpenter Technology (CRS), United States Steel (X), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Ternium (TX), ArcelorMittal (MT), Olin (OLN), Alamos Gold (AGI), ICL Group (ICL), West Fraser Timber (WFG), and Pan American Silver (PAAS). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Carpenter Technology (NYSE:CRS) and Commercial Metals (NYSE:CMC) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.
Carpenter Technology currently has a consensus target price of $109.67, indicating a potential downside of 0.15%. Commercial Metals has a consensus target price of $57.67, indicating a potential upside of 0.12%. Given Carpenter Technology's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Commercial Metals is more favorable than Carpenter Technology.
Carpenter Technology has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Commercial Metals has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Carpenter Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Commercial Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Carpenter Technology pays out 30.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Commercial Metals pays out 12.5% 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. Commercial Metals has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Commercial Metals is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Commercial Metals received 23 more outperform votes than Carpenter Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.24% of users gave Carpenter Technology an outperform vote while only 54.25% of users gave Commercial Metals an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Carpenter Technology and Carpenter Technology both had 8 articles in the media. Carpenter Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Commercial Metals' score of 1.16 indicating that Commercial Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
92.0% of Carpenter Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Commercial Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Carpenter Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Commercial Metals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Commercial Metals has a net margin of 8.09% compared to Commercial Metals' net margin of 4.83%. Carpenter Technology's return on equity of 17.72% beat Commercial Metals' return on equity.
Commercial Metals has higher revenue and earnings than Carpenter Technology. Commercial Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carpenter Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Commercial Metals beats Carpenter Technology on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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