Algoma Steel Group (ASTL) Competitors

Algoma Steel Group (NASDAQ:ASTL) and Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (NYSE:SID) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.

Is ASTL or SID a better dividend stock?

Algoma Steel Group pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.4%. Algoma Steel Group pays out -13.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional pays out -62.9% 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.

Do analysts rate ASTL or SID?

Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional has a consensus target price of $1.30, indicating a potential downside of 20.73%. Given Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is more favorable than Algoma Steel Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Algoma Steel Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Which has more risk and volatility, ASTL or SID?

Algoma Steel Group has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ASTL or SID more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Algoma Steel Group	-6.30%	-10.63%	-5.43%
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional	-2.37%	-5.79%	-1.11%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ASTL or SID?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Algoma Steel Group	$2.49B	0.24	$77.99M	-$1.54	-3.63
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional	$44.88B	0.05	-$63.74M	-$0.35	-4.69

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ASTL or SID?

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ASTL or SID?

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 21.05% of users gave Algoma Steel Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Algoma Steel Group	Outperform Votes 4 21.05%	Underperform Votes 15 78.95%
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional	Outperform Votes 248 54.51%	Underperform Votes 207 45.49%

Does the media favor ASTL or SID?

In the previous week, Algoma Steel Group and Algoma Steel Group both had 2 articles in the media. Algoma Steel Group's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's score of 0.85 indicating that Algoma Steel Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Algoma Steel Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional beats Algoma Steel Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.