MT vs. HWM, GGB, WS, SPLP, APWC, OCC, SID, NUE, STLD, and TS
Should you be buying ArcelorMittal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ArcelorMittal include Howmet Aerospace (HWM), Gerdau (GGB), Worthington Steel (WS), Steel Partners (SPLP), Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC), Optical Cable (OCC), Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (SID), Nucor (NUE), Steel Dynamics (STLD), and Tenaris (TS).
Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) and ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.
Howmet Aerospace has a net margin of 12.53% compared to Howmet Aerospace's net margin of 1.15%. ArcelorMittal's return on equity of 21.33% beat Howmet Aerospace's return on equity.
Howmet Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. ArcelorMittal pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Howmet Aerospace pays out 9.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ArcelorMittal pays out 48.3% 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.
In the previous week, Howmet Aerospace had 3 more articles in the media than ArcelorMittal. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Howmet Aerospace and 5 mentions for ArcelorMittal. ArcelorMittal's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Howmet Aerospace's score of 0.20 indicating that Howmet Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ArcelorMittal received 730 more outperform votes than Howmet Aerospace when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.61% of users gave Howmet Aerospace an outperform vote while only 63.02% of users gave ArcelorMittal an outperform vote.
Howmet Aerospace presently has a consensus price target of $77.76, suggesting a potential downside of 5.69%. ArcelorMittal has a consensus price target of $30.30, suggesting a potential upside of 34.55%. Given Howmet Aerospace's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ArcelorMittal is more favorable than Howmet Aerospace.
Howmet Aerospace has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ArcelorMittal has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ArcelorMittal has higher revenue and earnings than Howmet Aerospace. ArcelorMittal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Howmet Aerospace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
90.5% of Howmet Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.9% of ArcelorMittal shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Howmet Aerospace shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of ArcelorMittal shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Howmet Aerospace beats ArcelorMittal on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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