Ternium (TX) Competitors

Tenaris (NYSE:TS) and Ternium (NYSE:TX) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

Do analysts rate TS or TX?

Tenaris currently has a consensus target price of $44.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.13%. Ternium has a consensus target price of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.19%. Given Tenaris' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Tenaris is more favorable than Ternium.

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
Ternium	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TS or TX?

Ternium received 35 more outperform votes than Tenaris when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.05% of users gave Ternium 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%
Ternium	Outperform Votes 463 66.05%	Underperform Votes 238 33.95%

Does the media prefer TS or TX?

In the previous week, Tenaris had 8 more articles in the media than Ternium. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Tenaris and 3 mentions for Ternium. Ternium's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Tenaris' score of 1.23 indicating that Ternium is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tenaris	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ternium	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is TS or TX a better dividend stock?

Tenaris pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Ternium pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.7%. Tenaris pays out 68.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ternium pays out -202.2% 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.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of TS or TX?

10.4% of Tenaris shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.0% of Ternium shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Tenaris shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Ternium shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, TS or TX?

Tenaris has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ternium has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TS or TX more profitable?

Tenaris has a net margin of 16.26% compared to Ternium's net margin of -0.31%. Tenaris' return on equity of 11.76% beat Ternium's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tenaris	16.26%	11.76%	9.58%
Ternium	-0.31%	1.82%	1.26%

Which has better earnings & valuation, TS or TX?

Tenaris has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ternium. Ternium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tenaris, 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	10.15
Ternium	$16.80B	0.34	$676.04M	-$1.78	-15.97

Summary

Tenaris beats Ternium on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.