CMC vs. STLD, RS, X, CRS, ATI, CLF, WOR, RDUS, ZEUS, and NUE
Should you be buying Commercial Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Commercial Metals include Steel Dynamics (STLD), Reliance (RS), United States Steel (X), Carpenter Technology (CRS), ATI (ATI), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Radius Recycling (RDUS), Olympic Steel (ZEUS), and Nucor (NUE). These companies are all part of the "steel" industry.
Commercial Metals vs.
Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) and Commercial Metals (NYSE:CMC) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Steel Dynamics received 506 more outperform votes than Commercial Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.09% of users gave Steel Dynamics an outperform vote while only 53.40% of users gave Commercial Metals an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Steel Dynamics had 11 more articles in the media than Commercial Metals. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Steel Dynamics and 6 mentions for Commercial Metals. Commercial Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Steel Dynamics' score of 0.80 indicating that Commercial Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
82.4% of Steel Dynamics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Commercial Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Steel Dynamics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Commercial Metals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Steel Dynamics has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Commercial Metals has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Steel Dynamics has a net margin of 8.76% compared to Commercial Metals' net margin of 1.70%. Steel Dynamics' return on equity of 17.32% beat Commercial Metals' return on equity.
Steel Dynamics has higher revenue and earnings than Commercial Metals. Steel Dynamics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Commercial Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Steel Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Commercial Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Steel Dynamics pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Commercial Metals pays out 120.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Steel Dynamics has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Commercial Metals has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Steel Dynamics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Steel Dynamics currently has a consensus price target of $147.44, suggesting a potential upside of 10.07%. Commercial Metals has a consensus price target of $58.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.33%. Given Commercial Metals' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Commercial Metals is more favorable than Steel Dynamics.
Summary
Steel Dynamics beats Commercial Metals on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CMC) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
