CLF vs. X, CRS, ATI, CMC, WOR, RDUS, ZEUS, NUE, STLD, and RS
Should you be buying Cleveland-Cliffs stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cleveland-Cliffs include United States Steel (X), Carpenter Technology (CRS), ATI (ATI), Commercial Metals (CMC), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Radius Recycling (RDUS), Olympic Steel (ZEUS), Nucor (NUE), Steel Dynamics (STLD), and Reliance (RS). These companies are all part of the "steel" industry.
Cleveland-Cliffs vs.
United States Steel (NYSE:X) and Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE:CLF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Cleveland-Cliffs had 12 more articles in the media than United States Steel. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Cleveland-Cliffs and 9 mentions for United States Steel. United States Steel's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Cleveland-Cliffs' score of 0.28 indicating that United States Steel is being referred to more favorably in the media.
United States Steel presently has a consensus target price of $43.80, indicating a potential downside of 17.59%. Cleveland-Cliffs has a consensus target price of $12.74, indicating a potential upside of 64.46%. Given Cleveland-Cliffs' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cleveland-Cliffs is more favorable than United States Steel.
United States Steel has a net margin of 2.46% compared to Cleveland-Cliffs' net margin of -2.31%. United States Steel's return on equity of 4.27% beat Cleveland-Cliffs' return on equity.
81.9% of United States Steel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of United States Steel shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
United States Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Cleveland-Cliffs pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. United States Steel pays out 69.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cleveland-Cliffs pays out -9.8% 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.
United States Steel has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cleveland-Cliffs has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cleveland-Cliffs has higher revenue and earnings than United States Steel. Cleveland-Cliffs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United States Steel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
United States Steel received 204 more outperform votes than Cleveland-Cliffs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.26% of users gave United States Steel an outperform vote while only 53.29% of users gave Cleveland-Cliffs an outperform vote.
Summary
United States Steel beats Cleveland-Cliffs on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CLF) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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