MT vs. NUE, STLD, TS, TX, X, CMC, CRS, MTUS, SXC, and ASTL
Should you be buying ArcelorMittal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ArcelorMittal include Nucor (NUE), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Tenaris (TS), Ternium (TX), United States Steel (X), Commercial Metals (CMC), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Metallus (MTUS), SunCoke Energy (SXC), and Algoma Steel Group (ASTL). These companies are all part of the "blast furnaces & steel mills" industry.
ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) and Nucor (NYSE:NUE) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
ArcelorMittal has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nucor has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Nucor has a net margin of 12.40% compared to ArcelorMittal's net margin of 1.15%. Nucor's return on equity of 19.62% beat ArcelorMittal's return on equity.
9.9% of ArcelorMittal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.5% of Nucor shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of ArcelorMittal shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Nucor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ArcelorMittal received 145 more outperform votes than Nucor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.39% of users gave Nucor an outperform vote while only 63.02% of users gave ArcelorMittal an outperform vote.
ArcelorMittal pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Nucor pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. ArcelorMittal pays out 48.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nucor pays out 12.7% 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.
Nucor has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ArcelorMittal. Nucor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ArcelorMittal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, ArcelorMittal had 7 more articles in the media than Nucor. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for ArcelorMittal and 3 mentions for Nucor. Nucor's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat ArcelorMittal's score of 0.49 indicating that Nucor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ArcelorMittal currently has a consensus price target of $30.30, suggesting a potential upside of 14.38%. Nucor has a consensus price target of $192.75, suggesting a potential upside of 14.15%. Given ArcelorMittal's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe ArcelorMittal is more favorable than Nucor.
Summary
Nucor beats ArcelorMittal on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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