POSCO (PKX) Competitors

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) and POSCO (NYSE:PKX) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk & volatility, HWM or PKX?

Howmet Aerospace has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, POSCO has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HWM or PKX?

POSCO received 151 more outperform votes than Howmet Aerospace when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.62% of users gave Howmet Aerospace an outperform vote while only 59.82% of users gave POSCO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Howmet Aerospace	Outperform Votes 111 77.62%	Underperform Votes 32 22.38%
POSCO	Outperform Votes 262 59.82%	Underperform Votes 176 40.18%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in HWM or PKX?

90.5% of Howmet Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Howmet Aerospace shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of POSCO shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is HWM or PKX a better dividend stock?

Howmet Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. POSCO pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Howmet Aerospace pays out 12.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. POSCO pays out 49.1% 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.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, HWM or PKX?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Howmet Aerospace	$6.64B	7.35	$765M	$2.62	45.85
POSCO	$59.08B	0.25	$1.36B	$2.85	16.88

Is HWM or PKX more profitable?

Howmet Aerospace has a net margin of 14.81% compared to POSCO's net margin of 1.78%. Howmet Aerospace's return on equity of 24.50% beat POSCO's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Howmet Aerospace	14.81%	24.50%	9.72%
POSCO	1.78%	2.11%	1.23%

Do analysts recommend HWM or PKX?

Howmet Aerospace presently has a consensus target price of $115.41, suggesting a potential downside of 3.92%. Given Howmet Aerospace's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Howmet Aerospace is more favorable than POSCO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Howmet Aerospace	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76
POSCO	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor HWM or PKX?

In the previous week, Howmet Aerospace had 6 more articles in the media than POSCO. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Howmet Aerospace and 9 mentions for POSCO. Howmet Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat POSCO's score of 0.54 indicating that Howmet Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Howmet Aerospace	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
POSCO	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Howmet Aerospace beats POSCO on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.