CLF vs. STLD, CMC, NUE, RS, CRS, ATI, WOR, ZEUS, PKX, and TX
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), Olympic Steel (ZEUS), POSCO (PKX), and Ternium (TX).
Cleveland-Cliffs vs. Its Competitors
Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) and Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE:CLF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
Steel Dynamics has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
In the previous week, Steel Dynamics had 2 more articles in the media than Cleveland-Cliffs. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Steel Dynamics and 7 mentions for Cleveland-Cliffs. Steel Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Cleveland-Cliffs' score of 0.58 indicating that Steel Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Steel Dynamics has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cleveland-Cliffs has a beta of 1.96, meaning that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Steel Dynamics currently has a consensus price target of $148.78, suggesting a potential upside of 5.05%. Cleveland-Cliffs has a consensus price target of $11.24, suggesting a potential downside of 11.08%. Given Steel Dynamics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Steel Dynamics is more favorable than Cleveland-Cliffs.
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.
82.4% of Steel Dynamics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Steel Dynamics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Steel Dynamics beats Cleveland-Cliffs on 14 of the 16 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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This page (NYSE:CLF) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
