GGB vs. SID, AXTA, ATI, FMC, PAAS, RGLD, CLF, X, TX, and OLN
Should you be buying Gerdau stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gerdau include Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (SID), Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), ATI (ATI), FMC (FMC), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Royal Gold (RGLD), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), United States Steel (X), Ternium (TX), and Olin (OLN). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Gerdau (NYSE:GGB) and Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (NYSE:SID) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation and profitability.
Gerdau has higher revenue and earnings than Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional. Gerdau is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gerdau received 43 more outperform votes than Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.80% of users gave Gerdau an outperform vote while only 54.28% of users gave Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional an outperform vote.
Gerdau presently has a consensus price target of $4.63, indicating a potential upside of 20.44%. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional has a consensus price target of $2.95, indicating a potential upside of 6.50%. Given Gerdau's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Gerdau is more favorable than Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional.
Gerdau has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional has a beta of 2.01, indicating that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.
1.5% of Gerdau shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Gerdau shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Gerdau has a net margin of 9.57% compared to Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's net margin of 1.45%. Gerdau's return on equity of 11.04% beat Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's return on equity.
Gerdau pays an annual dividend of $0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Gerdau pays out 11.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional pays out 155.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional had 3 more articles in the media than Gerdau. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional and 2 mentions for Gerdau. Gerdau's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's score of -0.88 indicating that Gerdau is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Gerdau beats Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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