Commercial Metals vs Nucor
CMC and NUE side by side, both in steel works, blast furnaces, and rolling and finishing mills. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CMC and NUE compare
Nucor is the larger company, worth 8.8 times as much as Commercial Metals ($62.1B against $7.1B).
On earnings, Commercial Metals is cheaper: it trades at 10.9× trailing earnings, against 21.8× for Nucor.
Commercial Metals grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (20.5% versus 17.2% for Nucor).
Nucor keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 8.0% compared with 7.0% at Commercial Metals.
Both pay dividends: Commercial Metals yields 0.91% and Nucor 0.82%.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CMC | NUE |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $7.1B | $62.1B |
| Share price | $63.98 | $273.87 |
| Change, 1 year | 4.8% | 77.3% |
| Change, 5 years | 89.4% | 144% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.15 | 1.25 |
| Employees | 14K | 33K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 15 | 15 |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 3 | 3 |
| Performance score | 3 | 3 |
| Health score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 | 4 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 10.9× (better) | 21.8× |
| P/S | 0.8× (better) | 1.7× |
| P/B | 1.5× (better) | 2.8× |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.7× | – |
| P/FCF | 14.8× (better) | 39.3× |
| FCF yield | 6.8% (better) | 2.5% |
| Fair value | $76.98 | $158.07 |
| Margin of safety | 16.9% (better) | −73.3% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 20.5% (better) | 17.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.9% | 10.0% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 675% (better) | 123% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 692% (better) | 126% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 11.6% | 26.1% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 18.6% (better) | 15.5% |
| Net margin | 7.0% | 8.0% (better) |
| FCF margin | 5.1% (better) | 4.4% |
| Return on equity | 14.8% (better) | 13.6% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.72 | 0.32 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.35 | – |
| Current ratio | 2.34 | 2.51 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.63 | 5.21 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.91% (better) | 0.82% |
| Payout ratio | 12.8% | 17.8% |
| Years of dividend growth | 5 | 16 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 9.6% (better) | 6.5% |
| Buyback yield | 1.5% (better) | 1.1% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.4% (better) | 1.9% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 93.8% | 79.9% |
| Held by insiders | 0.84% | 0.61% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.2M (better) | −$55.3M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.8% | 1.9% |
Go deeper
- CMC stock overview
- CMC income statement
- CMC valuation and score
- NUE stock overview
- NUE income statement
- NUE valuation and score
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