PKX vs. NUE, MT, STLD, TS, X, TX, CMC, CRS, MTUS, and SXC
Should you be buying POSCO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of POSCO include Nucor (NUE), ArcelorMittal (MT), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Tenaris (TS), United States Steel (X), Ternium (TX), Commercial Metals (CMC), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Metallus (MTUS), and SunCoke Energy (SXC). These companies are all part of the "blast furnaces & steel mills" industry.
Nucor (NYSE:NUE) and POSCO (NYSE:PKX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
Nucor has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, POSCO has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Nucor pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. POSCO pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Nucor pays out 12.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. POSCO pays out 37.3% 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. POSCO has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. POSCO is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Nucor currently has a consensus price target of $192.75, indicating a potential upside of 19.72%. Given POSCO's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Nucor is more favorable than POSCO.
Nucor has a net margin of 12.40% compared to Nucor's net margin of 2.09%. POSCO's return on equity of 19.62% beat Nucor's return on equity.
In the previous week, Nucor had 14 more articles in the media than POSCO. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Nucor and 0 mentions for POSCO. Nucor's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat POSCO's score of 1.01 indicating that POSCO is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
76.5% of Nucor shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Nucor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of POSCO shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Nucor received 418 more outperform votes than POSCO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.39% of users gave Nucor an outperform vote while only 59.91% of users gave POSCO an outperform vote.
Nucor has higher earnings, but lower revenue than POSCO. Nucor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than POSCO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Nucor beats POSCO on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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