Nucor (NUE) Competitors $115.03 -0.79 (-0.68%) As of 03:58 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock NUE vs. STLD, RS, CRS, ATI, X, CMC, CLF, WOR, RDUS, and ZEUSShould you be buying Nucor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nucor include Steel Dynamics (STLD), Reliance (RS), Carpenter Technology (CRS), ATI (ATI), United States Steel (X), Commercial Metals (CMC), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Radius Recycling (RDUS), and Olympic Steel (ZEUS). These companies are all part of the "steel" industry. Nucor vs. Steel Dynamics Reliance Carpenter Technology ATI United States Steel Commercial Metals Cleveland-Cliffs Worthington Enterprises Radius Recycling Olympic Steel Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) and Nucor (NYSE:NUE) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment. Is STLD or NUE more profitable? Steel Dynamics has a net margin of 8.76% compared to Nucor's net margin of 6.60%. Steel Dynamics' return on equity of 17.32% beat Nucor's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Steel Dynamics8.76% 17.32% 10.13% Nucor 6.60%9.85%6.25% Do institutionals and insiders believe in STLD or NUE? 82.4% of Steel Dynamics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.5% of Nucor shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Steel Dynamics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Nucor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has stronger earnings and valuation, STLD or NUE? Nucor has higher revenue and earnings than Steel Dynamics. Steel Dynamics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nucor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioSteel Dynamics$17.22B1.17$1.54B$7.5717.88Nucor$30.43B0.87$2.03B$5.6220.47 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in STLD or NUE? Steel Dynamics received 148 more outperform votes than Nucor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.09% of users gave Steel Dynamics an outperform vote while only 64.15% of users gave Nucor an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformSteel DynamicsOutperform Votes84467.09% Underperform Votes41432.91% NucorOutperform Votes69664.15% Underperform Votes38935.85% Which has more risk & volatility, STLD or NUE? Steel Dynamics has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nucor has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is STLD or NUE a better dividend stock? Steel Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Nucor pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Steel Dynamics pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nucor pays out 39.1% 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. Steel Dynamics has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Nucor has raised its dividend for 52 consecutive years. Nucor is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Does the media refer more to STLD or NUE? In the previous week, Nucor had 9 more articles in the media than Steel Dynamics. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Nucor and 21 mentions for Steel Dynamics. Steel Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Nucor's score of 1.25 indicating that Steel Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Steel Dynamics 15 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Nucor 23 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do analysts recommend STLD or NUE? Steel Dynamics currently has a consensus price target of $147.44, indicating a potential upside of 8.94%. Nucor has a consensus price target of $160.33, indicating a potential upside of 39.37%. Given Nucor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nucor is more favorable than Steel Dynamics.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Steel Dynamics 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 8 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.73Nucor 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.89 SummarySteel Dynamics beats Nucor on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Nucor News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for NUE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart NUE vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricNucorBlast furnaces & steel mills IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$26.54B$11.89B$3.09B$19.70BDividend Yield1.85%3.50%5.08%3.84%P/E Ratio13.6916.8874.7235.19Price / Sales0.870.8025,633,028,482,398,400.0034.12Price / Cash9.436.6124.3617.51Price / Book1.261.275.224.79Net Income$2.03B$1.26B$154.55M$1.02B7 Day Performance-3.27%-1.44%0.32%1.16%1 Month Performance4.00%7.12%4.17%11.41%1 Year Performance-32.72%-5.55%22.34%5.57% Nucor Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)NUENucor4.96 of 5 stars$115.03-0.7%$160.33+39.4%-32.8%$26.52B$30.43B13.6828,800Positive NewsSTLDSteel Dynamics4.8678 of 5 stars$136.67+4.7%$147.44+7.9%+1.6%$20.43B$17.22B13.9010,600Positive NewsInsider TradeRSReliance3.9917 of 5 stars$304.26+2.7%$319.00+4.8%+2.1%$15.99B$13.67B19.6914,500Trending NewsCRSCarpenter Technology3.7525 of 5 stars$217.57+2.5%$168.00-22.8%+114.7%$10.81B$2.92B40.984,100News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst RevisionATIATI4.0859 of 5 stars$73.32+2.6%$76.14+3.9%+27.0%$10.35B$4.46B28.767,300Analyst DowngradeXUnited States Steel3.4915 of 5 stars$42.01-0.9%$39.22-6.6%+15.9%$9.51B$15.21B28.2022,700Positive NewsCMCCommercial Metals4.6677 of 5 stars$48.58+5.4%$60.33+24.2%-17.1%$5.49B$7.74B43.7812,500News CoveragePositive NewsCLFCleveland-Cliffs2.8811 of 5 stars$7.54+7.6%$15.49+105.5%-58.0%$3.73B$18.62B-7.7826,000Gap UpHigh Trading VolumeWORWorthington Enterprises3.4372 of 5 stars$60.30+3.7%$52.33-13.2%+2.3%$3.01B$1.15B72.638,400Positive NewsRDUSRadius Recycling2.0749 of 5 stars$29.39+0.2%$22.00-25.1%+55.9%$828.72M$223.36M-2.933,353News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst ForecastZEUSOlympic Steel4.4282 of 5 stars$33.07+6.5%$41.00+24.0%-39.9%$369.38M$1.91B16.801,670Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Steel Dynamics Competitors Reliance Competitors Carpenter Technology Competitors ATI Competitors United States Steel Competitors Commercial Metals Competitors Cleveland-Cliffs Competitors Worthington Enterprises Competitors Radius Recycling Competitors Olympic Steel Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:NUE) was last updated on 5/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThink NVDA’s run was epic? 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