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Gerdau vs National Steel

GGB and SID 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 GGB and SID compare

Gerdau grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (4.2% versus 2.5% for National Steel).

Gerdau keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 2.0% compared with −4.5% at National Steel.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricGGBSID
Size and price
Share price$4.59$0.829
Change, 1 year27.5%−46.5%
Change, 5 years25.8%−78.2%
Beta (5Y)0.931.25
Employees1,60015K
StockData Score
Total score11
Valuation score00
Growth score01 (better)
Performance score00
Health score1 (better)0
Dividend score00
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)4.2% (better)2.5%
Revenue growth, 5Y average9.8% (better)8.3%
Net income growth (TTM)−69.6%–
Profitability
Gross margin11.4%27.7% (better)
Operating margin5.4%10.8% (better)
Net margin2.0% (better)−4.5%
FCF margin1.9% (better)−15.4%
Return on equity2.5% (better)−15.9%
Return on invested capital4.3%7.8% (better)
Financial health
Debt / equity–4.11
Net debt / EBITDA–4.29
Interest coverage1.8× (better)0.6×
Current ratio2.89–
Piotroski F-score45 (better)
Dividends and buybacks
Payout ratio92.7%–
Ownership
Held by institutions50.9%2.1%
Held by insiders0.05%45.1%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$5.4M–
Superinvestors holding1–

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