STLD vs. TS, X, CMC, CRS, SXC, TWI, NUE, MT, TX, and WPM
Should you be buying Steel Dynamics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Steel Dynamics include Tenaris (TS), United States Steel (X), Commercial Metals (CMC), Carpenter Technology (CRS), SunCoke Energy (SXC), Titan International (TWI), Nucor (NUE), ArcelorMittal (MT), Ternium (TX), and Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM).
Tenaris (NYSE:TS) and Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
11.6% of Tenaris shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of Steel Dynamics shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Tenaris shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Steel Dynamics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Tenaris has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Steel Dynamics. Tenaris is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Steel Dynamics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tenaris has a net margin of 26.35% compared to Tenaris' net margin of 13.04%. Tenaris' return on equity of 29.49% beat Steel Dynamics' return on equity.
Tenaris has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steel Dynamics has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tenaris pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Steel Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Tenaris pays out 12.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Steel Dynamics pays out 11.7% 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. Steel Dynamics has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years.
Steel Dynamics received 425 more outperform votes than Tenaris when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.42% of users gave Steel Dynamics an outperform vote while only 61.97% of users gave Tenaris an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Steel Dynamics had 31 more articles in the media than Tenaris. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Steel Dynamics and 7 mentions for Tenaris. Tenaris' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Steel Dynamics' score of 0.73 indicating that Steel Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tenaris currently has a consensus price target of $41.27, indicating a potential upside of 7.10%. Steel Dynamics has a consensus price target of $118.13, indicating a potential downside of 15.61%. Given Steel Dynamics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Tenaris is more favorable than Steel Dynamics.
Summary
Steel Dynamics beats Tenaris on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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