GGB vs. TS, PKX, TX, SID, CSTM, WS, SPLP, MTUS, ASTL, and UAMY
Should you be buying Gerdau stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gerdau include Tenaris (TS), POSCO (PKX), Ternium (TX), Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (SID), Constellium (CSTM), Worthington Steel (WS), Steel Partners (SPLP), Metallus (MTUS), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), and United States Antimony (UAMY). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.
Gerdau vs.
Tenaris (NYSE:TS) and Gerdau (NYSE:GGB) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.
10.4% of Tenaris shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of Gerdau shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Tenaris shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Gerdau shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Tenaris presently has a consensus price target of $44.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.00%. Gerdau has a consensus price target of $3.80, indicating a potential upside of 21.21%. Given Tenaris' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tenaris is more favorable than Gerdau.
Tenaris received 142 more outperform votes than Gerdau when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.03% of users gave Tenaris an outperform vote while only 58.61% of users gave Gerdau an outperform vote.
Tenaris pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Gerdau pays an annual dividend of $0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Tenaris pays out 68.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gerdau pays out 24.1% 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.
Tenaris has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gerdau. Gerdau is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tenaris, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Gerdau had 12 more articles in the media than Tenaris. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Gerdau and 4 mentions for Tenaris. Gerdau's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Tenaris' score of 0.68 indicating that Gerdau is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tenaris has a net margin of 16.26% compared to Gerdau's net margin of 7.03%. Tenaris' return on equity of 11.76% beat Gerdau's return on equity.
Tenaris has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gerdau has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Tenaris beats Gerdau on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GGB) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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