SID vs. GGB, TX, CSTM, WS, SPLP, ASTL, MTUS, UAMY, ACNT, and FRD
Should you be buying Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional include Gerdau (GGB), Ternium (TX), Constellium (CSTM), Worthington Steel (WS), Steel Partners (SPLP), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), Metallus (MTUS), United States Antimony (UAMY), Ascent Industries (ACNT), and Friedman Industries (FRD). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional vs. Its Competitors
Gerdau (NYSE:GGB) and Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (NYSE:SID) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Gerdau has higher revenue and earnings than Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gerdau, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
1.5% of Gerdau shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Gerdau shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Gerdau pays an annual dividend of $0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Gerdau pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional pays out -25.7% 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. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Gerdau presently has a consensus target price of $3.80, indicating a potential upside of 26.88%. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional has a consensus target price of $1.30, indicating a potential downside of 10.34%. Given Gerdau's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Gerdau is more favorable than Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional.
In the previous week, Gerdau had 13 more articles in the media than Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Gerdau and 1 mentions for Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Gerdau's score of 0.80 indicating that Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gerdau has a net margin of 7.03% compared to Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's net margin of -2.37%. Gerdau's return on equity of 7.74% beat Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's return on equity.
Gerdau received 38 more outperform votes than Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.61% of users gave Gerdau an outperform vote while only 54.51% of users gave Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional an outperform vote.
Gerdau has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Gerdau beats Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:SID) was last updated on 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
