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POSCO (PKX) Competitors

$88.69
-1.95 (-2.15%)
(As of 04:10 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$87.90
$88.88
50-Day Range
$76.41
$102.52
52-Week Range
$52.60
$133.09
Volume
127,060 shs
Average Volume
270,743 shs
Market Capitalization
$26.83 billion
P/E Ratio
12.54
Dividend Yield
1.71%
Price Target
N/A

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.

POSCO vs.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ArcelorMittal5.87% 8.93% 5.36%
POSCO 3.63%4.35%2.53%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ArcelorMittalOutperform Votes
821
63.11%
Underperform Votes
480
36.89%
POSCOOutperform Votes
259
59.95%
Underperform Votes
173
40.05%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ArcelorMittal
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
POSCO
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

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.

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

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$79.84B0.26$9.30B$4.875.21
POSCO$65.60B0.41$2.84B$7.0712.53

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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PKX vs. The Competition

MetricPOSCOBlast furnaces & steel mills IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$26.80B$13.28B$2.46B$15.74B
Dividend Yield1.62%2.45%5.51%3.66%
P/E Ratio12.5313.1690.4526.53
Price / Sales0.410.76868,374.475.14
Price / Cash4.654.8222.1815.64
Price / Book0.511.093.006.60
Net Income$2.84B$2.85B$288.26M$898.98M
7 Day Performance-4.73%0.62%1.17%3.00%
1 Month Performance6.17%7.22%2.91%6.93%
1 Year Performance59.11%15.34%-2.33%4.38%

POSCO Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MT
ArcelorMittal
2.3041 of 5 stars
$24.60
-0.1%
$29.16
+18.5%
-5.9%$19.81B$79.84B5.05154,352
STLD
Steel Dynamics
1.9503 of 5 stars
$114.23
-0.9%
$110.89
-2.9%
+8.4%$18.48B$22.26B7.3312,060Positive News
NUE
Nucor
1.5973 of 5 stars
$161.16
0.0%
$164.56
+2.1%
+8.6%$39.62B$41.51B8.1731,400Positive News
TX
Ternium
2.7416 of 5 stars
$40.99
+2.2%
$49.42
+20.6%
+26.0%$8.05B$16.41B26.7920,510News Coverage
X
United States Steel
2.0117 of 5 stars
$35.42
+1.7%
$28.10
-20.7%
+35.1%$7.90B$21.07B7.7822,740Analyst Revision
News Coverage
NTR
Nutrien
2.8356 of 5 stars
$55.41
+0.5%
$77.65
+40.1%
-31.7%$27.40B$30.93B12.8024,700Positive News
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
2.5522 of 5 stars
$53.41
+5.2%
$70.17
+31.4%
+3.4%$26.52B$5.74B10.0216,105High Trading Volume
LYB
LyondellBasell Industries
2.1458 of 5 stars
$93.91
+0.9%
$102.07
+8.7%
+10.8%$30.46B$50.45B13.4519,300Positive News
GOLD
Barrick Gold
2.7969 of 5 stars
$17.45
+5.3%
$23.87
+36.8%
+3.2%$30.63B$11.01B581.5023,000Short Interest ↓
DD
DuPont de Nemours
2.7085 of 5 stars
$71.31
+0.1%
$78.75
+10.4%
+0.3%$30.67B$13.02B7.3723,000

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