CLF vs. STLD, RS, CRS, X, ATI, CMC, WOR, RDUS, ZEUS, and NUE
Should you be buying Cleveland-Cliffs stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cleveland-Cliffs include Steel Dynamics (STLD), Reliance (RS), Carpenter Technology (CRS), United States Steel (X), ATI (ATI), Commercial Metals (CMC), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Radius Recycling (RDUS), Olympic Steel (ZEUS), and Nucor (NUE). These companies are all part of the "steel" industry.
Cleveland-Cliffs vs.
Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE:CLF) and Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Steel Dynamics has a net margin of 8.76% compared to Cleveland-Cliffs' net margin of -2.31%. Steel Dynamics' return on equity of 17.32% beat Cleveland-Cliffs' return on equity.
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.
Steel Dynamics received 124 more outperform votes than Cleveland-Cliffs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.25% of users gave Steel Dynamics an outperform vote while only 53.30% of users gave Cleveland-Cliffs an outperform vote.
67.7% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Steel Dynamics shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Steel Dynamics 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.
Cleveland-Cliffs currently has a consensus price target of $16.43, suggesting a potential upside of 74.36%. Steel Dynamics has a consensus price target of $148.56, suggesting a potential upside of 20.71%. Given Cleveland-Cliffs' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cleveland-Cliffs is more favorable than Steel Dynamics.
Cleveland-Cliffs pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Steel Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Cleveland-Cliffs pays out -15.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Steel Dynamics pays out 20.4% 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. Steel Dynamics has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Cleveland-Cliffs is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Cleveland-Cliffs has a beta of 1.94, suggesting that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steel Dynamics has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Steel Dynamics had 17 more articles in the media than Cleveland-Cliffs. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Steel Dynamics and 23 mentions for Cleveland-Cliffs. Steel Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Cleveland-Cliffs' score of 0.53 indicating that Steel Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Steel Dynamics beats Cleveland-Cliffs on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CLF) was last updated on 3/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
