Commercial Metals (CMC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Commercial Metals Company (NYSE: CMC) is a leading global steel and metal recycler, manufacturer and fabricator based in Irving, Texas. The company operates an integrated network of scrap recycling facilities, electric arc furnace steel mills, metal fabrication plants and distribution centers. Through these operations, Commercial Metals collects and processes ferrous scrap to produce finished steel products and provides recycled metal to a variety of end markets.

In its steelmaking segment, CMC uses electric arc furnace technology to transform recycled scrap into reinforcing bar (rebar), merchant bar, coil and structural products. The company’s fabrication business further shapes and welds these base metals into value-added components, including decking, joists, stud rail and trusses. CMC’s distribution arm delivers finished steel and fabricated assemblies to customers in the construction, infrastructure, energy and manufacturing sectors.

Commercial Metals maintains facilities across the United States as well as in Central Europe, with production sites in Poland and Slovakia. The company’s geographically diversified platform allows it to serve regional construction markets and industrial end users with a balanced mix of domestic and export business. CMC is led by an executive management team with deep experience in metals recycling, steel production and supply-chain logistics, and is overseen by a board of directors with extensive backgrounds in manufacturing and international trade.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $68.06 to $69.64
• 50-Day Range: $60.06 to $77.85
• 52-Week Range: $49.66 to $84.87
• Volume: 829,862 shs
• Average Volume: 1.24 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $7.62 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.98
• Dividend Yield: 1.16%
• Price Target: $79.45
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Commercial Metals Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Commercial Metals scored higher than 100% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 3rd out of 186 stocks in the basic materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Commercial Metals has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.67, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 8 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Commercial Metals has a consensus price target of $79.45, representing about 14.9% upside from its current price of $69.13.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Commercial Metals has been the subject of 12 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.50%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Commercial Metals are expected to grow by 9.50% in the coming year, from $6.63 to $7.26 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Commercial Metals is 13.02, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 45.74.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Commercial Metals is 13.02, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 21.05.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Commercial Metals has a PEG Ratio of 0.39. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Commercial Metals has a P/B Ratio of 1.69. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.23% of the float of Commercial Metals has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Commercial Metals has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.29, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Commercial Metals has recently decreased by 9.34%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Commercial Metals pays a meaningful dividend of 1.18%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Commercial Metals has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Commercial Metals is 15.07%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Commercial Metals will have a dividend payout ratio of 11.02% next year. This indicates that Commercial Metals will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.77

News Sentiment

Commercial Metals has a news sentiment score of 0.77. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.61 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for Commercial Metals this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

7 people have searched for CMC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 250% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

5 people have added Commercial Metals to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 400% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $504,499.00 in company stock, which represents 0.0066% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Commercial Metals insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $504,499.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.62% of the stock of Commercial Metals is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

86.90% of the stock of Commercial Metals is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 6/25/2026
• Record date for 7/15 Dividend: 7/06/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/15 Dividend: 7/06/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/15/2026
• Today: 7/24/2026
• Investor Day 2026: 8/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 8/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: STEEL - PRODUCERS
• Sub-Industry: Steel
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CMC
• CIK: 22444
• Web: www.cmc.com
• Phone: (214) 689-4300
• Fax: 214-689-5886
• Employees: 12,690
• Year Founded: 1915

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Commercial Metals: $79.45
• High Price Target: $89.00
• Low Price Target: $74.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +15.1%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.67
• Research Coverage: 15 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $5.31
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.98
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.41
• P/E Growth: 0.39
• Net Income: $84.66 million
• Net Margins: 6.72%
• Pretax Margin: 7.62%
• Return on Equity: 15.69%
• Return on Assets: 7.65%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.73
• Current Ratio: 2.33
• Quick Ratio: 1.54

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $7.80 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.98
• Cash Flow: $5.82 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.85
• Book Value: $40.97 per share
• Price / Book: 1.68

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 110,620,000
• Free Float: 109,938,000
• Market Cap: $7.63 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.54