X vs. STLD, RS, CLF, ATI, CMC, CRS, WOR, HAYN, ZEUS, and RDUS
Should you be buying United States Steel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United States Steel include Steel Dynamics (STLD), Reliance (RS), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), ATI (ATI), Commercial Metals (CMC), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Haynes International (HAYN), Olympic Steel (ZEUS), and Radius Recycling (RDUS). These companies are all part of the "steel" industry.
Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) and United States Steel (NYSE:X) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Steel Dynamics has higher revenue and earnings than United States Steel. Steel Dynamics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United States Steel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
82.4% of Steel Dynamics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of United States Steel shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Steel Dynamics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of United States Steel shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, United States Steel had 7 more articles in the media than Steel Dynamics. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for United States Steel and 6 mentions for Steel Dynamics. United States Steel's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Steel Dynamics' score of 0.81 indicating that Steel Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Steel Dynamics presently has a consensus target price of $125.29, indicating a potential downside of 6.41%. United States Steel has a consensus target price of $38.78, indicating a potential upside of 1.12%. Given Steel Dynamics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe United States Steel is more favorable than Steel Dynamics.
Steel Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. United States Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Steel Dynamics pays out 12.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United States Steel pays out 5.9% 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. Steel Dynamics has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Steel Dynamics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Steel Dynamics has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United States Steel has a beta of 2.06, meaning that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.
United States Steel received 78 more outperform votes than Steel Dynamics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.30% of users gave Steel Dynamics an outperform vote while only 55.71% of users gave United States Steel an outperform vote.
Steel Dynamics has a net margin of 12.89% compared to Steel Dynamics' net margin of 4.89%. United States Steel's return on equity of 27.62% beat Steel Dynamics' return on equity.
Summary
Steel Dynamics beats United States Steel on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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