South32 (SOUHY) Competitors

South32 (OTCMKTS:SOUHY) and Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE:CLF) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Does the media refer more to SOUHY or CLF?

In the previous week, Cleveland-Cliffs had 24 more articles in the media than South32. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Cleveland-Cliffs and 2 mentions for South32. South32's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Cleveland-Cliffs' score of 0.12 indicating that South32 is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
South32	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cleveland-Cliffs	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of SOUHY or CLF?

0.1% of South32 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of South32 shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend SOUHY or CLF?

Cleveland-Cliffs has a consensus price target of $19.73, indicating a potential upside of 29.97%. Given Cleveland-Cliffs' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cleveland-Cliffs is more favorable than South32.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
South32	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Cleveland-Cliffs	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Is SOUHY or CLF more profitable?

Cleveland-Cliffs has a net margin of 1.04% compared to South32's net margin of 0.00%. Cleveland-Cliffs' return on equity of 3.77% beat South32's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
South32	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cleveland-Cliffs	1.04%	3.77%	1.56%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SOUHY or CLF?

Cleveland-Cliffs received 484 more outperform votes than South32 when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.65% of users gave South32 an outperform vote while only 53.72% of users gave Cleveland-Cliffs an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
South32	Outperform Votes 217 58.65%	Underperform Votes 153 41.35%
Cleveland-Cliffs	Outperform Votes 701 53.72%	Underperform Votes 604 46.28%

Is SOUHY or CLF a better dividend stock?

South32 pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Cleveland-Cliffs pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Cleveland-Cliffs pays out 54.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk and volatility, SOUHY or CLF?

South32 has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Cleveland-Cliffs has a beta of 2.23, meaning that its stock price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SOUHY or CLF?

South32 has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cleveland-Cliffs.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
South32	$9.27B	1.01	$2.67B	N/A	N/A
Cleveland-Cliffs	$21.98B	0.35	$1.34B	$0.44	34.50

Summary

Cleveland-Cliffs beats South32 on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.