Tenaris (TS) Competitors

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) and Tenaris (NYSE:TS) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

Which has more volatility and risk, HWM or TS?

Howmet Aerospace has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tenaris has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor HWM or TS?

In the previous week, Howmet Aerospace had 16 more articles in the media than Tenaris. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Howmet Aerospace and 4 mentions for Tenaris. Howmet Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Tenaris' score of 0.68 indicating that Howmet Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Howmet Aerospace	14 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tenaris	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HWM or TS?

Tenaris received 304 more outperform votes than Howmet Aerospace when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.50% of users gave Howmet Aerospace an outperform vote while only 62.03% of users gave Tenaris an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Howmet Aerospace	Outperform Votes 124 77.50%	Underperform Votes 36 22.50%
Tenaris	Outperform Votes 428 62.03%	Underperform Votes 262 37.97%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HWM or TS?

90.5% of Howmet Aerospace shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.4% of Tenaris shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Howmet Aerospace shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Tenaris shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is HWM or TS a better dividend stock?

Howmet Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Tenaris pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Howmet Aerospace pays out 13.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tenaris pays out 68.3% 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. Howmet Aerospace has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Do analysts rate HWM or TS?

Howmet Aerospace currently has a consensus target price of $134.59, indicating a potential downside of 21.34%. Tenaris has a consensus target price of $44.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.34%. Given Tenaris' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tenaris is more favorable than Howmet Aerospace.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Howmet Aerospace	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76
Tenaris	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Is HWM or TS more profitable?

Tenaris has a net margin of 16.26% compared to Howmet Aerospace's net margin of 15.55%. Howmet Aerospace's return on equity of 25.74% beat Tenaris' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Howmet Aerospace	15.55%	25.74%	10.50%
Tenaris	16.26%	11.76%	9.58%

Which has better valuation and earnings, HWM or TS?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Howmet Aerospace	$7.55B	9.15	$1.16B	$3.07	55.73
Tenaris	$12.00B	1.74	$3.92B	$3.28	10.96

Summary

Howmet Aerospace beats Tenaris on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.