Commercial Metals Company (NYSE:CMC) Given Consensus Rating of "Moderate Buy" by Brokerages

Key Points

• Analysts give Commercial Metals a consensus rating of Moderate Buy from 13 firms (7 buys, 5 holds, 1 strong buy), with an average 1‑year price target of $71.50.
• The company missed Q1 EPS estimates ($1.16 vs. $1.28) but revenue beat at $2.13B—up 21.5% year‑over‑year—and analysts still forecast about 6.75 EPS for the year.
• Commercial Metals raised its quarterly dividend to $0.20 (annualized $0.80, ~1.2% yield) and reported an insider sale of 25,050 shares, while institutional investors own roughly 86.9% of the stock.

Commercial Metals Company (NYSE:CMC - Get Free Report) has earned an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the thirteen ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $71.50.

A number of brokerages have issued reports on CMC. Weiss Ratings restated a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Commercial Metals in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. Wall Street Zen downgraded Commercial Metals from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Saturday, April 4th. The Goldman Sachs Group began coverage on Commercial Metals in a research note on Wednesday, April 1st. They issued a "neutral" rating and a $74.00 price objective for the company. KeyCorp began coverage on Commercial Metals in a research note on Wednesday, March 25th. They issued a "sector weight" rating for the company. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on Commercial Metals from $80.00 to $77.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Friday, March 27th.

Commercial Metals Stock Up 1.7%

Shares of NYSE:CMC opened at $69.18 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $7.67 billion, a PE ratio of 15.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.40 and a beta of 1.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.75, a current ratio of 2.38 and a quick ratio of 1.55. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $66.86 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $67.48. Commercial Metals has a 1 year low of $43.01 and a 1 year high of $84.87.

Commercial Metals (NYSE:CMC - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 26th. The basic materials company reported $1.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.28 by ($0.12). The business had revenue of $2.13 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.10 billion. Commercial Metals had a net margin of 6.02% and a return on equity of 13.54%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 21.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.26 EPS. Analysts forecast that Commercial Metals will post 6.75 earnings per share for the current year.

Commercial Metals Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, April 6th were given a dividend of $0.20 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, April 6th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.2%. This is a boost from Commercial Metals's previous quarterly dividend of $0.18. Commercial Metals's payout ratio is currently 16.04%.

Key Headlines Impacting Commercial Metals

Here are the key news stories impacting Commercial Metals this week:

• Neutral Sentiment: Independent analysis comparing Commercial Metals and peer JFE was published; it may provide context but contains no company guidance changes. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Zacks cut Q1 2027 and Q1 2028 EPS estimates by about $0.02–$0.01 (Q1 2027: $1.67 → $1.65; Q1 2028: $1.68 → $1.67), signaling slightly lower near‑term expectations for the company.
• Negative Sentiment: Zacks trimmed Q2–Q4 2027 and Q3 2027 estimates by small amounts (Q2 2027: $1.38 → $1.37; Q3 2027: $1.81 → $1.80; Q4 2027: $2.10 → $2.09; Q2 2028: $1.44 → $1.43), reflecting marginally lower quarterly outlooks across the year.
• Negative Sentiment: Zacks reduced FY estimates slightly (FY2027: $6.96 → $6.91; FY2028: $7.06 → $7.03) but kept a "Hold" rating — cuts are small in absolute terms and the consensus full‑year estimate cited remains near $6.75.

Insider Activity at Commercial Metals

In other news, insider Jennifer J. Durbin sold 25,050 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $79.97, for a total transaction of $2,003,248.50. Following the transaction, the insider owned 52,880 shares of the company's stock, valued at $4,228,813.60. This represents a 32.14% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 0.62% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC lifted its position in shares of Commercial Metals by 11.1% during the 3rd quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 225,817 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $13,312,000 after buying an additional 22,587 shares during the last quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp lifted its position in shares of Commercial Metals by 430.9% during the 3rd quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp now owns 29,247 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $1,675,000 after buying an additional 23,738 shares during the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. lifted its position in shares of Commercial Metals by 6.6% during the 3rd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 1,823,923 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $104,474,000 after buying an additional 112,267 shares during the last quarter. Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC purchased a new position in shares of Commercial Metals during the 3rd quarter valued at $910,000. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in shares of Commercial Metals by 7.9% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 884,604 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $50,670,000 after buying an additional 64,491 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.90% of the company's stock.

About Commercial Metals

Commercial Metals Company NYSE: CMC is a leading global steel and metal recycler, manufacturer and fabricator based in Irving, Texas. The company operates an integrated network of scrap recycling facilities, electric arc furnace steel mills, metal fabrication plants and distribution centers. Through these operations, Commercial Metals collects and processes ferrous scrap to produce finished steel products and provides recycled metal to a variety of end markets.

In its steelmaking segment, CMC uses electric arc furnace technology to transform recycled scrap into reinforcing bar (rebar), merchant bar, coil and structural products.

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