ATI vs. STLD, RS, X, CLF, CMC, CRS, WOR, HAYN, ZEUS, and RDUS
Should you be buying ATI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ATI include Steel Dynamics (STLD), Reliance (RS), United States Steel (X), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), 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.
ATI (NYSE:ATI) and Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, ATI and ATI both had 5 articles in the media. Steel Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat ATI's score of 1.11 indicating that Steel Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Steel Dynamics received 391 more outperform votes than ATI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.30% of users gave Steel Dynamics an outperform vote while only 58.06% of users gave ATI an outperform vote.
82.4% of Steel Dynamics shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of ATI shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Steel Dynamics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
ATI has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steel Dynamics has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Steel Dynamics has higher revenue and earnings than ATI. Steel Dynamics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ATI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Steel Dynamics has a net margin of 12.89% compared to ATI's net margin of 8.70%. Steel Dynamics' return on equity of 27.62% beat ATI's return on equity.
ATI currently has a consensus target price of $62.60, suggesting a potential upside of 6.14%. Steel Dynamics has a consensus target price of $125.29, suggesting a potential downside of 1.54%. Given ATI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ATI is more favorable than Steel Dynamics.
Summary
Steel Dynamics beats ATI on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ATI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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