MT vs. ZEUS, CBT, CE, DOW, FCX, HBM, NUE, SCCO, HWM, and TS
Should you be buying ArcelorMittal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ArcelorMittal include Olympic Steel (ZEUS), Cabot (CBT), Celanese (CE), DOW (DOW), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), HudBay Minerals (HBM), Nucor (NUE), Southern Copper (SCCO), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), and Tenaris (TS).
ArcelorMittal vs. Its Competitors
ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) and Olympic Steel (NASDAQ:ZEUS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.
ArcelorMittal presently has a consensus target price of $32.95, indicating a potential upside of 1.80%. Olympic Steel has a consensus target price of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.74%. Given Olympic Steel's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Olympic Steel is more favorable than ArcelorMittal.
ArcelorMittal has higher revenue and earnings than Olympic Steel. ArcelorMittal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Olympic Steel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, ArcelorMittal and ArcelorMittal both had 15 articles in the media. ArcelorMittal's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Olympic Steel's score of -0.12 indicating that ArcelorMittal is being referred to more favorably in the media.
9.3% of ArcelorMittal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.1% of Olympic Steel shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of ArcelorMittal shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Olympic Steel shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
ArcelorMittal pays an annual dividend of $0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Olympic Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. ArcelorMittal pays out 14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Olympic Steel pays out 52.5% 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. Olympic Steel has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Olympic Steel is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
ArcelorMittal has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Olympic Steel has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ArcelorMittal has a net margin of 4.11% compared to Olympic Steel's net margin of 0.77%. ArcelorMittal's return on equity of 4.99% beat Olympic Steel's return on equity.
Summary
ArcelorMittal beats Olympic Steel on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MT) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
