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GGB vs. TS, PKX, TX, CSTM, SID, WS, UAMY, SPLP, IIIN, and MTUS

Should you be buying Gerdau stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gerdau include Tenaris (TS), POSCO (PKX), Ternium (TX), Constellium (CSTM), National Steel (SID), Worthington Steel (WS), United States Antimony (UAMY), Steel Partners (SPLP), Insteel Industries (IIIN), and Metallus (MTUS). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.

Gerdau vs. Its Competitors

Gerdau (NYSE:GGB) and Tenaris (NYSE:TS) are both steel works companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and media sentiment.

Tenaris has a net margin of 17.02% compared to Gerdau's net margin of 4.81%. Tenaris' return on equity of 11.71% beat Gerdau's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Gerdau4.81% 6.51% 4.29%
Tenaris 17.02%11.71%9.70%

Gerdau currently has a consensus target price of $3.80, indicating a potential upside of 16.92%. Tenaris has a consensus target price of $41.80, indicating a potential upside of 17.42%. Given Tenaris' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tenaris is more favorable than Gerdau.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Gerdau
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Tenaris
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.18

In the previous week, Tenaris had 4 more articles in the media than Gerdau. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Tenaris and 1 mentions for Gerdau. Gerdau's average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat Tenaris' score of 1.20 indicating that Gerdau is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Gerdau
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Tenaris
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Gerdau pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Tenaris pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Gerdau pays out 27.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tenaris pays out 60.9% 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.

Gerdau has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tenaris has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Gerdau$12.43B0.52$846.59M$0.2911.21
Tenaris$12.52B1.65$2.04B$3.689.67

1.5% of Gerdau shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.5% of Tenaris shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Gerdau shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Tenaris shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Tenaris beats Gerdau on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GGB vs. The Competition

MetricGerdauSTEEL IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.53B$8.68B$3.79B$22.05B
Dividend Yield2.37%3.04%5.04%3.58%
P/E Ratio11.2128.01155.3229.59
Price / Sales0.520.5124,375.41102.76
Price / Cash4.958.3126.7324.53
Price / Book0.630.857.184.61
Net Income$846.59M$275.78M$148.88M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-0.76%1.96%2.77%-0.98%
1 Month Performance4.67%6.76%13.38%2.51%
1 Year Performance-5.52%32.29%62.02%14.61%

Gerdau Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GGB
Gerdau
3.7824 of 5 stars
$3.25
-0.6%
$3.80
+16.9%
-5.1%$6.53B$12.43B11.2125,557Positive News
TS
Tenaris
3.5253 of 5 stars
$36.17
-0.6%
$41.80
+15.6%
+12.1%$21.15B$12.52B9.8325,874Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
PKX
POSCO
2.3666 of 5 stars
$48.60
-0.6%
N/A-29.8%$14.84B$53.28B60.0044,502Analyst Forecast
TX
Ternium
3.187 of 5 stars
$36.13
+0.1%
$32.67
-9.6%
+1.4%$7.24B$17.65B11.9233,949Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CSTM
Constellium
3.6491 of 5 stars
$15.14
-1.9%
$19.00
+25.5%
+4.7%$2.15B$7.34B79.6912,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
SID
National Steel
2.0463 of 5 stars
$1.67
+6.1%
$1.30
-21.9%
-28.2%$2.08B$44.69B-5.7429,695Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
WS
Worthington Steel
3.4653 of 5 stars
$31.08
-1.6%
$36.00
+15.8%
-9.5%$1.61B$3.09B14.264,800Analyst Forecast
UAMY
United States Antimony
1.3757 of 5 stars
$8.09
+4.4%
$4.38
-45.9%
+1,521.5%$1.04B$25.73M-202.2570Options Volume
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SPLP
Steel Partners
1.492 of 5 stars
$42.56
+0.7%
N/A+6.7%$851.12M$2.03B4.364,500
IIIN
Insteel Industries
1.5497 of 5 stars
$38.46
-0.9%
N/AN/A$753.30M$529.20M24.04960News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
MTUS
Metallus
2.8245 of 5 stars
$16.63
-1.3%
$24.00
+44.3%
+14.0%$704.78M$1.08B-32.611,880Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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