MT vs. PKX, STLD, X, TX, CMC, NUE, WPM, FNV, CCJ, and WLK
Should you be buying ArcelorMittal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ArcelorMittal include POSCO (PKX), Steel Dynamics (STLD), United States Steel (X), Ternium (TX), Commercial Metals (CMC), Nucor (NUE), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Cameco (CCJ), and Westlake (WLK). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
POSCO (NYSE:PKX) and ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
ArcelorMittal received 564 more outperform votes than POSCO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.07% of users gave ArcelorMittal an outperform vote while only 59.95% of users gave POSCO an outperform vote.
In the previous week, ArcelorMittal had 8 more articles in the media than POSCO. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for ArcelorMittal and 1 mentions for POSCO. POSCO's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat ArcelorMittal's score of 0.20 indicating that ArcelorMittal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ArcelorMittal has a consensus price target of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.60%. Given POSCO's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ArcelorMittal is more favorable than POSCO.
POSCO pays an annual dividend of $1.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. ArcelorMittal pays an annual dividend of $0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. POSCO pays out 31.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ArcelorMittal pays out 37.0% 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. POSCO is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
POSCO has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ArcelorMittal. POSCO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ArcelorMittal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
POSCO has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ArcelorMittal has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.
9.9% of ArcelorMittal shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of POSCO shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of ArcelorMittal shares are held by 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.
POSCO has a net margin of 2.45% compared to POSCO's net margin of 1.35%. POSCO's return on equity of 8.55% beat ArcelorMittal's return on equity.
Summary
ArcelorMittal beats POSCO on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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