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NUE vs. STLD, ZEUS, ATI, CBT, CC, CE, CLF, CMC, DOW, and OLN

Should you be buying Nucor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nucor include Steel Dynamics (STLD), Olympic Steel (ZEUS), ATI (ATI), Cabot (CBT), Chemours (CC), Celanese (CE), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Commercial Metals (CMC), DOW (DOW), and Olin (OLN). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Nucor vs. Its Competitors

Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) and Nucor (NYSE:NUE) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

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 Ratio
Steel Dynamics$17.54B1.15$1.54B$7.5717.91
Nucor$30.73B1.05$2.03B$5.6224.77

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 1.6%. 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 increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Nucor has increased its dividend for 52 consecutive years. Nucor is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Nucor shares are owned by company 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.

Steel Dynamics has a net margin of 6.80% compared to Nucor's net margin of 4.40%. Steel Dynamics' return on equity of 13.26% beat Nucor's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Steel Dynamics6.80% 13.26% 7.60%
Nucor 4.40%6.82%4.27%

In the previous week, Nucor had 7 more articles in the media than Steel Dynamics. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Nucor and 10 mentions for Steel Dynamics. Steel Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Nucor's score of 1.33 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
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Nucor
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Steel Dynamics presently has a consensus target price of $148.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.15%. Nucor has a consensus target price of $150.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.73%. Given Steel Dynamics' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Steel Dynamics is more favorable than Nucor.

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)
2.73
Nucor
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Steel Dynamics has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nucor has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Steel Dynamics beats Nucor on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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NUE vs. The Competition

MetricNucorSTEEL IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$32.13B$7.95B$3.25B$20.45B
Dividend Yield1.61%2.96%5.15%3.78%
P/E Ratio24.7833.8896.1727.83
Price / Sales1.050.4925,886,820,843,696,600.0041.03
Price / Cash9.227.3423.8922.26
Price / Book1.530.805.954.58
Net Income$2.03B$280.11M$147.60M$982.91M
7 Day Performance0.28%2.34%1.06%0.60%
1 Month Performance13.64%7.46%4.15%3.78%
1 Year Performance-7.32%14.04%26.21%14.54%

Nucor Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NUE
Nucor
4.8507 of 5 stars
$139.24
-0.4%
$150.00
+7.7%
-8.3%$32.13B$30.73B24.7832,700Positive News
STLD
Steel Dynamics
4.5627 of 5 stars
$129.05
-1.3%
$148.00
+14.7%
+9.5%$19.16B$17.54B17.0513,000Positive News
ZEUS
Olympic Steel
3.6548 of 5 stars
$32.58
-1.4%
$41.00
+25.8%
-18.2%$363.59M$1.94B22.782,163
ATI
ATI
2.6411 of 5 stars
$86.65
-0.2%
$78.29
-9.7%
+50.9%$12.22B$4.36B31.407,700
CBT
Cabot
4.7066 of 5 stars
$75.47
-1.3%
$92.67
+22.8%
-12.5%$4.05B$3.99B9.764,200
CC
Chemours
4.3083 of 5 stars
$11.51
-1.8%
$17.22
+49.6%
-39.0%$1.72B$5.79B57.556,000News Coverage
CE
Celanese
3.3808 of 5 stars
$55.76
-1.8%
$63.11
+13.2%
-55.0%$6.10B$10.28B-3.6612,163Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CLF
Cleveland-Cliffs
2.2952 of 5 stars
$7.70
+3.8%
$10.23
+32.9%
-42.6%$3.81B$18.62B-3.1630,000
CMC
Commercial Metals
4.3894 of 5 stars
$49.19
-1.3%
$57.21
+16.3%
-0.8%$5.51B$7.93B158.6813,178Positive News
Analyst Revision
DOW
DOW
3.7852 of 5 stars
$26.65
-1.3%
$36.57
+37.2%
-45.0%$18.84B$42.96B66.6336,000Analyst Forecast
OLN
Olin
4.1632 of 5 stars
$20.19
-1.2%
$27.80
+37.7%
-51.7%$2.32B$6.54B39.597,676News Coverage
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:NUE) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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