TX vs. TS, PKX, GGB, SID, CSTM, WS, SPLP, ASTL, MTUS, and UAMY
Should you be buying Ternium stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ternium include Tenaris (TS), POSCO (PKX), Gerdau (GGB), National Steel (SID), Constellium (CSTM), Worthington Steel (WS), Steel Partners (SPLP), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), Metallus (MTUS), and United States Antimony (UAMY). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.
Ternium vs. Its Competitors
Tenaris (NYSE:TS) and Ternium (NYSE:TX) are both steel works companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
Tenaris has a net margin of 15.05% compared to Ternium's net margin of -2.07%. Tenaris' return on equity of 10.54% beat Ternium's return on equity.
Tenaris pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Ternium pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. 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.
In the previous week, Ternium had 1 more articles in the media than Tenaris. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ternium and 4 mentions for Tenaris. Ternium's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Tenaris' score of 0.26 indicating that Ternium is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
10.5% of Tenaris shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.0% of Ternium shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Tenaris shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Ternium shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Tenaris has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ternium has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tenaris presently has a consensus target price of $44.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.55%. Ternium has a consensus target price of $30.67, suggesting a potential upside of 2.15%. Given Tenaris' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Tenaris is more favorable than Ternium.
Summary
Tenaris beats Ternium on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NYSE:TX) was last updated on 6/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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