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CLF vs. STLD, CMC, NUE, RS, CRS, ATI, WOR, RDUS, ZEUS, and PKX

Should you be buying Cleveland-Cliffs stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cleveland-Cliffs include Steel Dynamics (STLD), Commercial Metals (CMC), Nucor (NUE), Reliance (RS), Carpenter Technology (CRS), ATI (ATI), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Radius Recycling (RDUS), Olympic Steel (ZEUS), and POSCO (PKX).

Cleveland-Cliffs vs. Its Competitors

Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE:CLF) and Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and earnings.

67.7% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Steel Dynamics shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Cleveland-Cliffs 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Steel Dynamics has a net margin of 6.07% compared to Cleveland-Cliffs' net margin of -9.03%. Steel Dynamics' return on equity of 11.88% beat Cleveland-Cliffs' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cleveland-Cliffs-9.03% -17.97% -6.03%
Steel Dynamics 6.07%11.88%6.71%

Cleveland-Cliffs has a beta of 1.99, meaning that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steel Dynamics has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Cleveland-Cliffs had 3 more articles in the media than Steel Dynamics. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Cleveland-Cliffs and 14 mentions for Steel Dynamics. Steel Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Cleveland-Cliffs' score of 0.25 indicating that Steel Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cleveland-Cliffs
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Steel Dynamics
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Cleveland-Cliffs currently has a consensus price target of $11.09, indicating a potential upside of 17.96%. Steel Dynamics has a consensus price target of $149.33, indicating a potential upside of 22.33%. Given Steel Dynamics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Steel Dynamics is more favorable than Cleveland-Cliffs.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cleveland-Cliffs
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Steel Dynamics
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cleveland-Cliffs$19.19B0.24-$754M-$3.41-2.76
Steel Dynamics$17.15B1.06$1.54B$6.8617.79

Summary

Steel Dynamics beats Cleveland-Cliffs on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CLF vs. The Competition

MetricCleveland-CliffsSTEEL IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.64B$7.45B$3.27B$20.70B
Dividend YieldN/A3.36%5.19%3.67%
P/E Ratio-2.7626.17105.7328.65
Price / Sales0.240.4435,179,415,502,004,300.0068.99
Price / Cash7.717.0023.9223.59
Price / Book0.770.755.994.32
Net Income-$754M$275.78M$148.72M$995.66M
7 Day Performance-6.51%-0.06%3.23%1.91%
1 Month Performance5.91%-5.34%4.10%-0.54%
1 Year Performance-29.50%16.08%36.53%14.76%

Cleveland-Cliffs Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CLF
Cleveland-Cliffs
3.3112 of 5 stars
$9.41
+0.4%
$11.09
+18.0%
-29.4%$4.64B$19.19B-2.7630,000Gap Up
STLD
Steel Dynamics
4.8923 of 5 stars
$121.06
-1.1%
$149.33
+23.4%
+2.5%$17.95B$17.54B17.6313,000Positive News
CMC
Commercial Metals
4.328 of 5 stars
$50.26
0.0%
$57.50
+14.4%
+1.3%$5.63B$7.93B162.1913,178Positive News
NUE
Nucor
4.9793 of 5 stars
$137.08
-1.1%
$157.13
+14.6%
-5.0%$31.68B$30.73B24.7832,700Positive News
RS
Reliance
4.222 of 5 stars
$284.71
+0.4%
$332.67
+16.8%
+1.0%$14.99B$13.84B20.8015,900Trending News
Analyst Revision
CRS
Carpenter Technology
3.854 of 5 stars
$253.07
-1.8%
$278.33
+10.0%
+90.0%$12.61B$2.88B34.144,600
ATI
ATI
4.8707 of 5 stars
$75.64
-1.4%
$91.14
+20.5%
+24.3%$10.70B$4.51B26.337,700Insider Trade
WOR
Worthington Enterprises
3.8833 of 5 stars
$62.62
+1.8%
$59.00
-5.8%
+43.6%$3.12B$1.15B32.783,400Positive News
RDUS
Radius Recycling
1.4369 of 5 stars
$30.00
flat
$22.00
-26.7%
+108.3%$846M$2.74B-8.333,011High Trading Volume
ZEUS
Olympic Steel
3.9192 of 5 stars
$30.45
-3.3%
$41.00
+34.7%
-26.7%$339.77M$1.94B24.952,163Analyst Forecast
PKX
POSCO
2.0449 of 5 stars
$52.41
+0.9%
N/A-8.2%$15.91B$53.28B64.7244,502

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