ASTL vs. SID, CSTM, WS, SPLP, MTUS, UAMY, ACNT, FRD, HUHU, and LUD
Should you be buying Algoma Steel Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Algoma Steel Group include Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (SID), Constellium (CSTM), Worthington Steel (WS), Steel Partners (SPLP), Metallus (MTUS), United States Antimony (UAMY), Ascent Industries (ACNT), Friedman Industries (FRD), HUHUTECH International Group (HUHU), and Luda Technology Group (LUD). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.
Algoma Steel Group vs. Its Competitors
Algoma Steel Group (NASDAQ:ASTL) and Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (NYSE:SID) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Algoma Steel Group has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Algoma Steel Group had 4 more articles in the media than Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Algoma Steel Group and 1 mentions for Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Algoma Steel Group's score of 1.07 indicating that Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional has a consensus target price of $1.30, suggesting a potential downside of 15.86%. Given Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is more favorable than Algoma Steel Group.
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional received 244 more outperform votes than Algoma Steel Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.51% of users gave Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional an outperform vote while only 20.00% of users gave Algoma Steel Group an outperform vote.
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional has a net margin of -2.37% compared to Algoma Steel Group's net margin of -6.30%. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's return on equity of -5.79% beat Algoma Steel Group's return on equity.
Algoma Steel Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Algoma Steel Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
72.0% of Algoma Steel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of Algoma Steel Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Algoma Steel Group pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Algoma Steel Group pays out -13.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional pays out -25.7% 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. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional beats Algoma Steel Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ASTL) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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