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$56.06 +2.31 (+4.30%)
Closing price 10/24/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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PKX vs. MT, TS, TX, GGB, CSTM, SID, UAMY, WS, SPLP, and MTUS

Should you be buying POSCO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of POSCO include ArcelorMittal (MT), Tenaris (TS), Ternium (TX), Gerdau (GGB), Constellium (CSTM), National Steel (SID), United States Antimony (UAMY), Worthington Steel (WS), Steel Partners (SPLP), and Metallus (MTUS). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.

POSCO vs. Its Competitors

ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) and POSCO (NYSE:PKX) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk.

ArcelorMittal has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, POSCO has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, ArcelorMittal had 5 more articles in the media than POSCO. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for ArcelorMittal and 3 mentions for POSCO. POSCO's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat ArcelorMittal's score of 0.87 indicating that POSCO is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ArcelorMittal
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
POSCO
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

ArcelorMittal has a net margin of 4.11% compared to POSCO's net margin of 0.69%. ArcelorMittal's return on equity of 4.99% beat POSCO's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ArcelorMittal4.11% 4.99% 2.90%
POSCO 0.69%0.82%0.49%

9.3% of ArcelorMittal shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of ArcelorMittal shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of POSCO 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 presently has a consensus target price of $34.95, suggesting a potential downside of 10.76%. Given ArcelorMittal's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe ArcelorMittal is more favorable than POSCO.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ArcelorMittal
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
POSCO
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

ArcelorMittal has higher revenue and earnings than POSCO. ArcelorMittal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than POSCO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ArcelorMittal$62.44B0.51$1.34B$3.2412.09
POSCO$53.28B0.32$787.77M$0.8169.21

ArcelorMittal pays an annual dividend of $0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. POSCO pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. ArcelorMittal pays out 14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. POSCO pays out 174.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

ArcelorMittal beats POSCO on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PKX vs. The Competition

MetricPOSCOSTEEL IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$16.99B$8.67B$3.71B$22.10B
Dividend Yield2.52%2.90%5.05%3.55%
P/E Ratio69.2122.2521.7533.37
Price / Sales0.320.5221,784.5883.20
Price / Cash4.738.1226.4524.64
Price / Book0.400.857.054.66
Net Income$787.77M$259.08M$148.62M$1.02B
7 Day Performance7.21%3.40%-1.43%2.22%
1 Month Performance14.95%2.82%4.32%1.79%
1 Year Performance-6.59%32.24%52.24%14.02%

POSCO Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PKX
POSCO
1.837 of 5 stars
$56.06
+4.3%
N/A-6.6%$16.99B$53.28B69.2144,502Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
MT
ArcelorMittal
3.9523 of 5 stars
$38.70
+0.6%
$33.45
-13.6%
+63.0%$31.53B$62.44B11.94125,416News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
TS
Tenaris
3.4307 of 5 stars
$34.76
+1.0%
$41.80
+20.3%
+11.6%$20.00B$12.52B9.4525,874Upcoming Earnings
TX
Ternium
3.531 of 5 stars
$36.25
+2.1%
$34.69
-4.3%
+1.9%$7.12B$16.24B11.9633,949Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
GGB
Gerdau
2.4343 of 5 stars
$3.42
+2.6%
$3.80
+11.3%
+8.0%$6.65B$69.10B11.7825,557News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
CSTM
Constellium
2.078 of 5 stars
$15.94
+4.2%
$16.33
+2.5%
+48.8%$2.13B$7.34B83.8712,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
SID
National Steel
1.5252 of 5 stars
$1.65
+5.4%
$1.30
-21.0%
-21.9%$2.07B$8.10B-5.6729,695News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
UAMY
United States Antimony
1.5538 of 5 stars
$13.43
+20.0%
$4.38
-67.4%
+1,835.2%$1.83B$25.73M-335.7570Options Volume
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
WS
Worthington Steel
3.2033 of 5 stars
$31.33
+3.1%
$36.00
+14.9%
-14.0%$1.54B$3.09B14.374,800Analyst Forecast
SPLP
Steel Partners
2.3082 of 5 stars
$42.26
+2.1%
N/A+3.7%$845.12M$2.03B4.334,500Positive News
MTUS
Metallus
3.2702 of 5 stars
$17.23
+4.3%
$24.00
+39.3%
+27.0%$690.97M$1.08B-33.781,880Analyst Forecast

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