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