PKX vs. MT, STLD, NUE, TX, X, NTR, AEM, LYB, GOLD, and DD
Should you be buying POSCO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of POSCO include ArcelorMittal (MT), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Nucor (NUE), Ternium (TX), United States Steel (X), Nutrien (NTR), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Barrick Gold (GOLD), and DuPont de Nemours (DD). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) and POSCO (NYSE:PKX) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
ArcelorMittal has a net margin of 5.87% compared to ArcelorMittal's net margin of 3.63%. POSCO's return on equity of 8.93% beat ArcelorMittal's return on equity.
ArcelorMittal received 562 more outperform votes than POSCO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.11% of users gave ArcelorMittal an outperform vote while only 59.95% of users gave POSCO an outperform vote.
ArcelorMittal pays an annual dividend of $0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. POSCO pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. ArcelorMittal pays out 7.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. POSCO pays out 21.5% 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. POSCO has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. POSCO is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
ArcelorMittal currently has a consensus price target of $29.16, suggesting a potential upside of 15.35%. Given POSCO's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ArcelorMittal is more favorable than POSCO.
In the previous week, ArcelorMittal had 4 more articles in the media than POSCO. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for ArcelorMittal and 3 mentions for POSCO. POSCO's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat ArcelorMittal's score of 0.13 indicating that ArcelorMittal is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
4.6% of ArcelorMittal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.0% of POSCO shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of ArcelorMittal shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of POSCO shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ArcelorMittal has a beta of 1.89, suggesting that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, POSCO has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
ArcelorMittal beats POSCO on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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