Compare Stocks: CLF, STLD, NUE, and PKX

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs	$13.94 +0.3%	$12.26	$7.73 ▼ $15.35	$7.95B	2.09	19.23 million shs	16.64 million shs
NUE Nucor	$271.71 +0.3%	$252.61	$140.93 ▼ $280.11	$61.65B	1.84	1.54 million shs	2.04 million shs
PKX POSCO	$52.09 +0.2%	$57.84	$48.50 ▼ $92.40	$15.76B	1.64	267,449 shs	292,776 shs
STLD Steel Dynamics	$249.99 +1.3%	$236.81	$150.03 ▼ $288.74	$35.83B	1.48	1.20 million shs	1.15 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs	+0.18%	-0.49%	+24.14%	+19.45%	-1.00%
NUE Nucor	+0.44%	+2.76%	+11.06%	+5.66%	+78.96%
PKX POSCO	+0.16%	-6.47%	-10.08%	-4.20%	-7.22%
STLD Steel Dynamics	+1.29%	+0.81%	+8.51%	-0.99%	+55.21%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs	$13.94 +0.3%	$12.26	$7.73 ▼ $15.35	$7.95B	2.09	19.23 million shs	16.64 million shs
NUE Nucor	$271.71 +0.3%	$252.61	$140.93 ▼ $280.11	$61.65B	1.84	1.54 million shs	2.04 million shs
PKX POSCO	$52.09 +0.2%	$57.84	$48.50 ▼ $92.40	$15.76B	1.64	267,449 shs	292,776 shs
STLD Steel Dynamics	$249.99 +1.3%	$236.81	$150.03 ▼ $288.74	$35.83B	1.48	1.20 million shs	1.15 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs	+0.18%	-0.49%	+24.14%	+19.45%	-1.00%
NUE Nucor	+0.44%	+2.76%	+11.06%	+5.66%	+78.96%
PKX POSCO	+0.16%	-6.47%	-10.08%	-4.20%	-7.22%
STLD Steel Dynamics	+1.29%	+0.81%	+8.51%	-0.99%	+55.21%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs	2.17	Hold	$13.82	-0.85% Downside
NUE Nucor	2.88	Moderate Buy	$282.57	4.00% Upside
PKX POSCO	2.00	Hold	N/A	N/A
STLD Steel Dynamics	2.69	Moderate Buy	$275.17	10.07% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest CLF, STLD, NUE, and PKX Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/28/2026	NUE Nucor	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$335.00
10/28/2026	NUE Nucor	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$280.00 ➝ $305.00
10/28/2026	NUE Nucor	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$296.00 ➝ $304.00
10/28/2026	NUE Nucor	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$306.00 ➝ $320.00
10/23/2026	STLD Steel Dynamics	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Set Price Target		$285.00 ➝ $280.00
10/23/2026	STLD Steel Dynamics	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$262.00 ➝ $265.00
10/22/2026	CLF Cleveland-Cliffs	B. Riley Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Buy	$15.00 ➝ $18.00
10/22/2026	CLF Cleveland-Cliffs	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$11.00 ➝ $12.00
10/22/2026	CLF Cleveland-Cliffs	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$12.00 ➝ $13.00
10/21/2026	STLD Steel Dynamics	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$257.00 ➝ $271.00
10/21/2026	STLD Steel Dynamics	BNP Paribas Exane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$275.00 ➝ $276.00

(Data available from 10/29/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs	$18.61B	0.43	N/A	N/A	$12.78 per share	1.09
NUE Nucor	$36.10B	1.71	$15.04 per share	18.07	$96.67 per share	2.81
PKX POSCO	$71.13T	0.00	$11.32 per share	4.60	$144.39 per share	0.36
STLD Steel Dynamics	$22.22B	1.61	$12.31 per share	20.31	$60.19 per share	4.15

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs	-$1.48B	-$0.85	N/A	6.86	5.29	-2.36%	-6.83%	-2.05%	N/A
NUE Nucor	$1.74B	$15.71	17.30	12.67	0.64	7.99%	12.73%	8.03%	N/A
PKX POSCO	$483.48M	$2.64	19.73	9.27	N/A	1.79%	1.99%	1.18%	11/2/2026 (Estimated)
STLD Steel Dynamics	$1.19B	$13.55	18.45	10.63	0.35	8.82%	21.57%	11.61%	N/A

Latest CLF, STLD, NUE, and PKX Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
11/2/2026	Q3 2026	PKX POSCO	$1.16	N/A	N/A	N/A	$13.51 billion	N/A
10/26/2026	Q3 2026	NUE Nucor	$5.84	$5.80	-$0.04	$5.80	$10.84 billion	$11.25 billion
10/19/2026	Q3 2026	CLF Cleveland-Cliffs	$0.24	$0.28	+$0.04	$0.26	$5.69 billion	$5.61 billion
10/19/2026	Q3 2026	STLD Steel Dynamics	$5.48	$5.26	-$0.22	$5.26	$6.43 billion	$6.51 billion
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	PKX POSCO	$0.85	$1.30	+$0.45	$1.26	$11.96 billion	$12.43 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs	N/A	N/A	-100.00%	N/A	N/A
NUE Nucor	$2.24	0.82%	+6.54%	14.26%	52 Years
PKX POSCO	$1.14	2.19%	-0.43%	43.18%	N/A
STLD Steel Dynamics	$2.12	0.85%	+14.87%	15.65%	13 Years

Latest CLF, STLD, NUE, and PKX Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
9/18/2026	NUE Nucor	quarterly	$0.56	0.96%	9/30/2026	9/30/2026	11/10/2026
8/14/2026	STLD Steel Dynamics	quarterly	$0.53	0.96%	9/30/2026	9/30/2026	10/9/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs	1.28	1.87	0.64
NUE Nucor	0.27	2.51	1.36
PKX POSCO	0.30	1.98	1.37
STLD Steel Dynamics	0.43	3.14	1.48

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs	67.68%
NUE Nucor	76.48%
PKX POSCO	N/A
STLD Steel Dynamics	82.41%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs	0.95%
NUE Nucor	0.62%
PKX POSCO	0.01%
STLD Steel Dynamics	6.60%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs	25,000	570.59 million	565.16 million	Optionable
NUE Nucor	33,000	226.88 million	225.47 million	Optionable
PKX POSCO	42,873	302.48 million	302.45 million	Optionable
STLD Steel Dynamics	14,400	143.33 million	133.87 million	Optionable

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Recent News About These Companies

Q4 Earnings Forecast for Steel Dynamics Issued By KeyCorp

4 hours ago | americanbankingnews.com

Q4 Earnings Estimate for Steel Dynamics Issued By KeyCorp

October 27 at 7:12 AM | marketbeat.com

Here's Why Steel Dynamics (STLD) is a Strong Value Stock

October 26 at 10:41 AM | zacks.com

Analysts Have Conflicting Sentiments on These Materials Companies: Dow Inc (DOW), Southern Copper (SCCO) and Steel Dynamics (STLD)

October 25, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

KeyCorp Forecasts Strong Price Appreciation for Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) Stock

October 25, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Steel Dynamics, Inc. $STLD Shares Sold by Inspire Investing LLC

October 24, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Analysts Offer Insights on Materials Companies: Steel Dynamics (STLD) and Northern Star Resources Ltd (OtherNESRF)

October 23, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

Cleveland-Cliffs Surges 7% Despite Trade Tensions; Steel Dynamics Climbs 3%, Nucor Edges Higher

October 23, 2026 | 247wallst.com

Cleveland-Cliffs Surges 7% While Steel Fund Slips; Steel Dynamics Climbs 3%, Nucor Edges Higher

October 23, 2026 | 247wallst.com

Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) Stock Gets Price Target Increase from KeyCorp

October 23, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Cantor Fitzgerald Investment Advisors L.P. Makes New Investment in Steel Dynamics, Inc. $STLD

October 23, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Analysts Are Bullish on Top Materials Stocks: Americas Gold and Silver (USAS), Steel Dynamics (STLD)

October 22, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

Steel Dynamics Stock Has One Thing Left To Prove

October 22, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Hosking Partners LLP Sells 7,931 Shares of Steel Dynamics, Inc. $STLD

October 22, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) Shares Gap Down Following Weak Earnings

October 22, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) in Focus on Record Aluminum Shipments

October 21, 2026 | kalkinemedia.comK

BNP Paribas Adjusts Steel Dynamics Price Target to $276 From $275

October 21, 2026 | marketscreener.comM

Steel Dynamics Eyes New Highs Despite Earnings Miss

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October 21, 2026 | marketbeat.com

2 Steel Giants Just Reported Earnings—and Told Very Different Stories

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October 21, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Steel Dynamics: 3 Key Takeaways for Long-Term Investors

October 21, 2026 | fool.com

7,841 Shares of Steel Dynamics, Inc. $STLD Bought by Axecap Investments LLC

October 21, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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CLF, STLD, NUE, and PKX Company Descriptions

Cleveland-Cliffs NYSE:CLF

$13.94 +0.04 (+0.25%)

Closing price 10/28/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$13.90 -0.03 (-0.22%)

As of 05:39 AM Eastern

Cleveland-Cliffs is the largest flat-rolled steel company and the largest iron ore pellet producer in North America. The company is vertically integrated from mining through iron making, steelmaking, rolling, finishing and downstream with hot and cold stamping of steel parts and components. The company was formerly known as Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. and changed its name to Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. in August 2017. Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. was founded in 1847 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

Nucor NYSE:NUE

$271.71 +0.92 (+0.34%)

Closing price 10/28/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$272.48 +0.77 (+0.28%)

As of 05:28 AM Eastern

Nucor Corporation engages in manufacture and sale of steel and steel products. It operates in three segments: steel mills, steel products, and raw materials. The Steel Mills segment produces hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and galvanized sheet steel products; plate steel products; wide-flange beams, beam blanks, and H-piling and sheet piling structural steel products; bar steel products, such as blooms, billets, concrete reinforcing and merchant bars, and engineered special bar quality products; and engages in the steel trading and rebar distribution businesses. This segment sells its products to steel service centers, fabricators, and manufacturers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The Steel Products segment offers steel joists and joist girders, steel decks, and galvanized torque tubes for used in solar arrays, hollow structural section steel tubing, electrical conduit, fabricated concrete reinforcing steel, cold finished steel, steel fasteners, steel grating and expanded metal, wire and wire mesh, metal building systems, insulated metal panels, steel racking, overhead doors, and utility towers and structures for communications and energy transmission. This segment is also involved in the piling distribution business. The Raw Materials segment produces direct reduced iron (DRI); brokers ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron, hot briquetted iron, and DRI; supplies ferro-alloys; processes ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal; and engages in the natural gas production and industrial gas business. This segment sells its ferrous scrap to electric arc furnace steel mills and foundries for manufacturing process; and nonferrous scrap metal to aluminum can producers, secondary aluminum smelters, steel mills and other processors, and consumers of various nonferrous metals. It markets its products through in-house sales force; and internal distribution and trading companies. Nucor Corporation was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

POSCO NYSE:PKX

$52.09 +0.09 (+0.17%)

Closing price 10/28/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$52.88 +0.79 (+1.52%)

As of 04:14 AM Eastern

POSCO Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated steel producer in Korea and internationally. It operates through six segments: Steel, Trading, Construction, Logistics and Others, Green Materials and Energy, and Others. The company engages in the production, import, sale, and export of steel products, such as hot and cold rolled steel, stainless steel, plates, wire rods, and silicon steel sheets, as well as pig iron, billets, blooms, and slabs; trading of steel and raw materials, textiles, agricultural commodities, and other goods; natural resources development and power generation activities; and planning, designing, and construction of industrial plants, civil engineering projects, and commercial and residential buildings. It is also involved in the manufacture and sale of various energy-related and other industrial materials, including anode and cathode materials for rechargeable batteries; investment business; and provision of alternative environmentally-friendly energy solutions, as well as information technology and operational technology, and integrated logistics services. POSCO Holdings Inc. was incorporated in 1968 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Steel Dynamics NASDAQ:STLD

$249.99 +3.19 (+1.29%)

Closing price 10/28/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$250.66 +0.66 (+0.27%)

As of 05:55 AM Eastern

Steel Dynamics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a steel producer and metal recycler in the United States. The Steel Operations segment offers hot rolled, cold rolled, and coated steel products; parallel flange beams and channel sections, flat bars, large unequal leg angles, and reinforcing steel bars, as well as standard strength carbon, intermediate alloy hardness, and premium grade rail products; engineered special-bar-quality products, merchant-bar-quality products, and other engineered round steel bars; channels, angles, flats, merchant rounds, and reinforcing steel bars; and specialty shapes and light structural steel products. This segment also engages in turning, polishing, straightening, chamfering, precision saw-cutting, and heat treating of bar products. Its products are used in construction, automotive, manufacturing, transportation, heavy and agriculture equipment, and pipe and tube markets. The Metals Recycling Operations segment is involved in the ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal processing, transportation, marketing, brokerage, and scrap management services. Its ferrous products include heavy melting steel, busheling, bundled scrap, shredded scrap, steel turnings, and cast-iron products; and nonferrous products comprise aluminum, brass, copper, stainless steel, and other nonferrous metals. The Steel Fabrication Operations segment produces steel non-residential building components, such as steel joists, girders, trusses, and steel deck products for non-residential steel fabricators, metal building companies, general construction contractors, developers, owners, brokers, and governmental entities, as well as e-commerce warehouses, data centers, metal buildings, and education and commercial building projects. The Aluminum Operations segment offers recycled aluminum flat rolled products. The company also exports its products. Steel Dynamics, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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