ATI (ATI) Competitors

ATI (NYSE:ATI) and Nucor (NYSE:NUE) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend ATI or NUE?

ATI presently has a consensus target price of $78.29, suggesting a potential downside of 7.51%. Nucor has a consensus target price of $157.22, suggesting a potential upside of 28.32%. Given Nucor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nucor is more favorable than ATI.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ATI	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Nucor	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is ATI or NUE more profitable?

ATI has a net margin of 8.43% compared to Nucor's net margin of 6.60%. ATI's return on equity of 21.16% beat Nucor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ATI	8.43%	21.16%	7.10%
Nucor	6.60%	9.85%	6.25%

Does the media prefer ATI or NUE?

In the previous week, Nucor had 16 more articles in the media than ATI. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Nucor and 11 mentions for ATI. Nucor's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat ATI's score of 0.09 indicating that Nucor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ATI	2 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Nucor	19 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ATI or NUE?

Nucor received 239 more outperform votes than ATI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.21% of users gave Nucor an outperform vote while only 58.10% of users gave ATI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ATI	Outperform Votes 459 58.10%	Underperform Votes 331 41.90%
Nucor	Outperform Votes 698 64.21%	Underperform Votes 389 35.79%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ATI or NUE?

76.5% of Nucor shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of ATI shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Nucor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ATI or NUE?

Nucor has higher revenue and earnings than ATI. Nucor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ATI, 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
ATI	$4.46B	2.68	$367.80M	$2.76	30.67
Nucor	$30.43B	0.93	$2.03B	$5.62	21.80

Is ATI or NUE a better dividend stock?

ATI pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Nucor pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. ATI pays out 11.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nucor pays out 39.1% 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. Nucor has raised its dividend for 52 consecutive years. Nucor is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, ATI or NUE?

ATI has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nucor has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Nucor beats ATI on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.