Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) Competitors

Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE:CLF) and Carpenter Technology (NYSE:CRS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and risk.

Do analysts rate CLF or CRS?

Cleveland-Cliffs currently has a consensus target price of $14.02, suggesting a potential upside of 89.22%. Carpenter Technology has a consensus target price of $168.00, suggesting a potential downside of 28.33%. Given Cleveland-Cliffs' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Cleveland-Cliffs is more favorable than Carpenter Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cleveland-Cliffs	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
Carpenter Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CLF or CRS?

67.7% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Carpenter Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Carpenter Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, CLF or CRS?

Cleveland-Cliffs has a beta of 2.03, suggesting that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carpenter Technology has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CLF or CRS?

In the previous week, Cleveland-Cliffs had 5 more articles in the media than Carpenter Technology. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Cleveland-Cliffs and 18 mentions for Carpenter Technology. Carpenter Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Cleveland-Cliffs' score of 0.29 indicating that Carpenter Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cleveland-Cliffs	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Carpenter Technology	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CLF or CRS more profitable?

Carpenter Technology has a net margin of 9.34% compared to Cleveland-Cliffs' net margin of -2.31%. Carpenter Technology's return on equity of 19.88% beat Cleveland-Cliffs' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cleveland-Cliffs	-2.31%	-0.59%	-0.26%
Carpenter Technology	9.34%	19.88%	9.92%

Which has better valuation and earnings, CLF or CRS?

Cleveland-Cliffs has higher revenue and earnings than Carpenter Technology. Cleveland-Cliffs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carpenter Technology, 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
Cleveland-Cliffs	$18.62B	0.20	$399M	-$2.44	-3.04
Carpenter Technology	$2.92B	4.00	$186.50M	$7.06	33.20

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CLF or CRS?

Cleveland-Cliffs received 399 more outperform votes than Carpenter Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.72% of users gave Carpenter Technology an outperform vote while only 53.37% of users gave Cleveland-Cliffs an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cleveland-Cliffs	Outperform Votes 720 53.37%	Underperform Votes 629 46.63%
Carpenter Technology	Outperform Votes 321 64.72%	Underperform Votes 175 35.28%

Is CLF or CRS a better dividend stock?

Cleveland-Cliffs pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Carpenter Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Cleveland-Cliffs pays out -9.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carpenter Technology pays out 11.3% 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. Cleveland-Cliffs is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Carpenter Technology beats Cleveland-Cliffs on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.