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STLD vs. LIN, ZEUS, AEM, CLF, CMC, MT, NTR, NUE, PPG, and RS

Should you be buying Steel Dynamics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Steel Dynamics include Linde (LIN), Olympic Steel (ZEUS), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Commercial Metals (CMC), ArcelorMittal (MT), Nutrien (NTR), Nucor (NUE), PPG Industries (PPG), and Reliance (RS). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Steel Dynamics vs. Its Competitors

Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) and Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Linde pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Steel Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Linde pays out 42.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Steel Dynamics pays out 29.2% 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. Linde has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Steel Dynamics has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Steel Dynamics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Linde presently has a consensus target price of $519.63, suggesting a potential upside of 9.60%. Steel Dynamics has a consensus target price of $149.40, suggesting a potential upside of 9.55%. Given Linde's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Linde is more favorable than Steel Dynamics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Linde
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Steel Dynamics
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

82.8% of Linde shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Steel Dynamics shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Linde shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Steel Dynamics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Linde has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steel Dynamics has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Linde had 27 more articles in the media than Steel Dynamics. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Linde and 14 mentions for Steel Dynamics. Linde's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Steel Dynamics' score of 0.43 indicating that Linde is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Linde
38 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Steel Dynamics
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Linde has a net margin of 20.20% compared to Steel Dynamics' net margin of 6.07%. Linde's return on equity of 19.09% beat Steel Dynamics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Linde20.20% 19.09% 9.19%
Steel Dynamics 6.07%11.88%6.71%

Linde has higher revenue and earnings than Steel Dynamics. Steel Dynamics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Linde, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Linde$33.01B6.74$6.57B$14.0633.72
Steel Dynamics$17.54B1.14$1.54B$6.8619.88

Summary

Linde beats Steel Dynamics on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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STLD vs. The Competition

MetricSteel DynamicsSTEEL IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$20.12B$8.03B$3.67B$10.42B
Dividend Yield1.46%3.17%5.06%4.61%
P/E Ratio19.8827.32162.7326.42
Price / Sales1.140.4818,564.08127.65
Price / Cash10.327.8426.0061.52
Price / Book2.370.816.776.39
Net Income$1.54B$275.78M$149.17M$271.13M
7 Day Performance-2.48%-0.35%3.10%0.93%
1 Month Performance2.32%4.65%12.50%7.52%
1 Year Performance10.56%25.13%47.41%30.06%

Steel Dynamics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STLD
Steel Dynamics
4.6687 of 5 stars
$136.37
-0.2%
$149.40
+9.6%
+9.4%$20.12B$17.54B19.8813,000
LIN
Linde
4.108 of 5 stars
$476.60
-1.1%
$519.63
+9.0%
-1.1%$223.42B$33.25B33.8965,289Positive News
ZEUS
Olympic Steel
4.411 of 5 stars
$32.99
+0.3%
$38.00
+15.2%
-17.2%$370.17M$1.94B27.092,163Positive News
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
3.4706 of 5 stars
$153.60
+0.2%
$136.90
-10.9%
+88.2%$77.27B$9.66B26.1416,968Positive News
CLF
Cleveland-Cliffs
1.3739 of 5 stars
$11.91
+1.9%
$11.24
-5.6%
-5.6%$5.89B$18.46B-3.4930,000
CMC
Commercial Metals
4.4514 of 5 stars
$58.26
+0.7%
$60.06
+3.1%
+4.7%$6.52B$7.68B187.9213,178
MT
ArcelorMittal
3.7935 of 5 stars
$34.90
+0.4%
$33.45
-4.2%
+43.1%$28.59B$60.63B10.77125,416
NTR
Nutrien
4.1901 of 5 stars
$57.04
+0.2%
$62.39
+9.4%
+23.8%$27.67B$25.97B20.4425,500
NUE
Nucor
4.891 of 5 stars
$140.68
-0.5%
$156.80
+11.5%
-9.6%$32.31B$30.73B25.4132,700Analyst Revision
PPG
PPG Industries
4.6592 of 5 stars
$109.82
-0.8%
$129.82
+18.2%
-17.9%$24.77B$15.85B24.8846,000Positive News
RS
Reliance
4.3497 of 5 stars
$291.77
+0.4%
$328.80
+12.7%
-1.7%$15.36B$13.69B21.3115,900Trending News

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This page (NASDAQ:STLD) was last updated on 9/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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