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SID vs. TX, GGB, CSTM, WS, SPLP, ASTL, MTUS, UAMY, ACNT, and LUD

Should you be buying National Steel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Steel include Ternium (TX), Gerdau (GGB), Constellium (CSTM), Worthington Steel (WS), Steel Partners (SPLP), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), Metallus (MTUS), United States Antimony (UAMY), Ascent Industries (ACNT), and Luda Technology Group (LUD). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.

National Steel vs. Its Competitors

Ternium (NYSE:TX) and National Steel (NYSE:SID) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

In the previous week, Ternium had 8 more articles in the media than National Steel. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Ternium and 1 mentions for National Steel. National Steel's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Ternium's score of 0.49 indicating that National Steel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ternium
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
National Steel
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ternium has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Steel has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ternium currently has a consensus price target of $30.67, suggesting a potential downside of 5.23%. National Steel has a consensus price target of $1.30, suggesting a potential downside of 12.46%. Given Ternium's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ternium is more favorable than National Steel.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ternium
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
National Steel
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ternium$17.65B0.37-$53.67M-$1.78-18.18
National Steel$8.10B0.24-$480.53M-$0.35-4.24

Ternium has a net margin of -2.07% compared to National Steel's net margin of -5.84%. Ternium's return on equity of 0.29% beat National Steel's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ternium-2.07% 0.29% 0.20%
National Steel -5.84%-16.19%-2.61%

Ternium pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. National Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Ternium pays out -202.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. National Steel pays out -28.6% 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. Ternium is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

12.0% of Ternium shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Ternium shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of National Steel shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Ternium beats National Steel on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SID and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SID vs. The Competition

MetricNational SteelSTEEL IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.02B$7.92B$3.26B$20.51B
Dividend Yield6.26%2.92%5.15%3.74%
P/E Ratio-4.2434.0795.0327.90
Price / Sales0.240.5025,886,820,843,706,900.0040.78
Price / Cash9.077.5523.8622.25
Price / Book0.690.815.974.59
Net Income-$480.53M$280.11M$147.60M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-4.75%2.09%0.95%0.11%
1 Month Performance-5.11%7.22%5.01%3.55%
1 Year Performance-37.87%13.85%25.88%13.79%

National Steel Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SID
National Steel
1.1222 of 5 stars
$1.49
-2.3%
$1.30
-12.5%
-38.4%$2.02B$8.10B-4.2429,695Positive News
TX
Ternium
1.7791 of 5 stars
$30.02
-2.4%
$30.67
+2.2%
-11.4%$6.16B$17.65B-16.8733,949
GGB
Gerdau
3.7887 of 5 stars
$2.92
+1.7%
$3.80
+30.1%
-7.3%$5.97B$12.43B10.0725,557Positive News
CSTM
Constellium
2.9765 of 5 stars
$13.31
-0.4%
$19.00
+42.7%
-23.5%$1.91B$7.34B28.9412,000Gap Down
WS
Worthington Steel
3.4902 of 5 stars
$29.90
-6.7%
$34.00
+13.7%
+0.1%$1.63B$3.09B13.724,600
SPLP
Steel Partners
3.0235 of 5 stars
$39.55
-3.3%
N/A+16.7%$757.42M$2.03B4.064,500News Coverage
Gap Down
ASTL
Algoma Steel Group
0.963 of 5 stars
$6.89
+3.3%
N/A-0.4%$699.91M$2.07B-4.472,844
MTUS
Metallus
2.3608 of 5 stars
$15.48
-0.6%
N/A-17.7%$655.62M$1.08B-30.961,880
UAMY
United States Antimony
1.9406 of 5 stars
$2.18
-8.8%
$3.38
+54.8%
+652.1%$259.64M$18.87M-54.5070High Trading Volume
ACNT
Ascent Industries
0.2834 of 5 stars
$12.61
+0.1%
N/A+37.9%$126.12M$177.87M-12.24710
LUD
Luda Technology Group
N/A$5.15
-6.9%
N/AN/A$116.85M$44.86M0.00161Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:SID) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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