Carpenter Technology (CRS) Competitors

Carpenter Technology (NYSE:CRS) and Nucor (NYSE:NUE) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.

Which has more volatility & risk, CRS or NUE?

Carpenter Technology has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nucor has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CRS or NUE more profitable?

Carpenter Technology has a net margin of 9.34% compared to Nucor's net margin of 6.60%. Carpenter Technology's return on equity of 19.88% beat Nucor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carpenter Technology	9.34%	19.88%	9.92%
Nucor	6.60%	9.85%	6.25%

Is CRS or NUE a better dividend stock?

Carpenter Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Nucor pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Carpenter Technology pays out 11.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nucor pays out 39.1% 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. Nucor has raised its dividend for 52 consecutive years. Nucor is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate CRS or NUE?

Carpenter Technology presently has a consensus target price of $168.00, suggesting a potential downside of 27.07%. Nucor has a consensus target price of $160.33, suggesting a potential upside of 43.79%. Given Nucor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nucor is more favorable than Carpenter Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carpenter Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Nucor	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CRS or NUE?

Nucor has higher revenue and earnings than Carpenter Technology. Nucor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carpenter Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Carpenter Technology	$2.92B	3.93	$186.50M	$7.06	32.63
Nucor	$30.43B	0.85	$2.03B	$5.62	19.84

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CRS or NUE?

Nucor received 375 more outperform votes than Carpenter Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.72% of users gave Carpenter Technology an outperform vote while only 64.15% of users gave Nucor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Carpenter Technology	Outperform Votes 321 64.72%	Underperform Votes 175 35.28%
Nucor	Outperform Votes 696 64.15%	Underperform Votes 389 35.85%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CRS or NUE?

92.0% of Carpenter Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.5% of Nucor shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Carpenter Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Nucor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer CRS or NUE?

In the previous week, Nucor had 4 more articles in the media than Carpenter Technology. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Nucor and 25 mentions for Carpenter Technology. Carpenter Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Nucor's score of 1.29 indicating that Carpenter Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Carpenter Technology	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nucor	25 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Carpenter Technology and Nucor tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.