Tenaris (TS) Competitors

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

Is TS or HWM a better dividend stock?

Tenaris pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Howmet Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Tenaris pays out 68.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Howmet Aerospace pays out 13.0% 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 TS or HWM?

Tenaris presently has a consensus target price of $44.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.08%. Howmet Aerospace has a consensus target price of $132.53, suggesting a potential downside of 19.48%. Given Tenaris' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Tenaris is more favorable than Howmet Aerospace.

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

Is TS or HWM 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
Tenaris	16.26%	11.76%	9.58%
Howmet Aerospace	15.55%	25.74%	10.50%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TS or HWM?

Tenaris received 305 more outperform votes than Howmet Aerospace when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.36% of users gave Howmet Aerospace an outperform vote while only 62.03% of users gave Tenaris an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tenaris	Outperform Votes 428 62.03%	Underperform Votes 262 37.97%
Howmet Aerospace	Outperform Votes 123 77.36%	Underperform Votes 36 22.64%

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

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, TS or HWM?

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
Tenaris	$12.00B	1.61	$3.92B	$3.28	10.16
Howmet Aerospace	$7.55B	8.80	$1.16B	$3.07	53.61

Does the media refer more to TS or HWM?

In the previous week, Howmet Aerospace had 15 more articles in the media than Tenaris. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Howmet Aerospace and 11 mentions for Tenaris. Howmet Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Tenaris' score of 1.23 indicating that Howmet Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tenaris	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Howmet Aerospace	21 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, TS or HWM?

Tenaris has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Howmet Aerospace has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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