X vs. NUE, STLD, RS, CRS, ATI, CMC, WOR, CLF, RDUS, and ZEUS
Should you be buying United States Steel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United States Steel include Nucor (NUE), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Reliance (RS), Carpenter Technology (CRS), ATI (ATI), Commercial Metals (CMC), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Radius Recycling (RDUS), and Olympic Steel (ZEUS). These companies are all part of the "steel" industry.
United States Steel vs.
United States Steel (NYSE:X) and Nucor (NYSE:NUE) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.
United States Steel pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Nucor pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. United States Steel pays out 69.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nucor pays out 39.1% 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. Nucor has raised its dividend for 52 consecutive years. Nucor is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
United States Steel has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nucor has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
United States Steel received 226 more outperform votes than Nucor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.21% of users gave Nucor an outperform vote while only 55.26% of users gave United States Steel an outperform vote.
Nucor has higher revenue and earnings than United States Steel. Nucor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United States Steel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
United States Steel presently has a consensus price target of $43.80, indicating a potential downside of 18.72%. Nucor has a consensus price target of $157.22, indicating a potential upside of 26.15%. Given Nucor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nucor is more favorable than United States Steel.
In the previous week, Nucor had 17 more articles in the media than United States Steel. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Nucor and 8 mentions for United States Steel. Nucor's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat United States Steel's score of 0.54 indicating that Nucor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Nucor has a net margin of 6.60% compared to United States Steel's net margin of 2.46%. Nucor's return on equity of 9.85% beat United States Steel's return on equity.
81.9% of United States Steel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.5% of Nucor shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of United States Steel shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Nucor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Nucor beats United States Steel on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:X) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
