ATI (ATI) Competitors

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

Is NUE or ATI 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
Nucor	6.60%	9.85%	6.25%
ATI	8.43%	21.16%	7.10%

Does the media refer more to NUE or ATI?

In the previous week, Nucor had 5 more articles in the media than ATI. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Nucor and 25 mentions for ATI. Nucor's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat ATI's score of 0.98 indicating that Nucor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nucor	23 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ATI	18 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer NUE or ATI?

Nucor presently has a consensus target price of $160.33, suggesting a potential upside of 39.46%. ATI has a consensus target price of $76.14, suggesting a potential upside of 0.85%. Given Nucor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Nucor is more favorable than ATI.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nucor	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
ATI	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NUE or ATI?

Nucor received 238 more outperform votes than ATI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.15% of users gave Nucor an outperform vote while only 58.12% of users gave ATI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nucor	Outperform Votes 696 64.15%	Underperform Votes 389 35.85%
ATI	Outperform Votes 458 58.12%	Underperform Votes 330 41.88%

Is NUE or ATI a better dividend stock?

Nucor pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. ATI pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Nucor pays out 39.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ATI pays out 11.6% 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 increased its dividend for 52 consecutive years. Nucor is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NUE or ATI?

76.5% of Nucor shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Nucor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of ATI shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, NUE or ATI?

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
Nucor	$30.43B	0.87	$2.03B	$5.62	20.46
ATI	$4.46B	2.39	$367.80M	$2.76	27.36

Which has more risk & volatility, NUE or ATI?

Nucor has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ATI has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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