ArcelorMittal vs Steel Dynamics
MT and STLD 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 MT and STLD compare
Steel Dynamics grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (19.8% versus −1.7% for ArcelorMittal).
Steel Dynamics keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 7.8% compared with 5.1% at ArcelorMittal.
Steel Dynamics pays a dividend yielding 0.83%; ArcelorMittal does not pay one.
Steel Dynamics scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 7 for ArcelorMittal), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | MT | STLD |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | – | $35.9B |
| Share price | $59.81 | $250.80 |
| Change, 1 year | 53.3% | 53.4% |
| Change, 5 years | 84.2% | 286% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.23 | 1.28 |
| Employees | 126K | 14K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 | 15 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 22.7× |
| P/S | – | 1.8× |
| P/B | – | 3.8× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 14.7× |
| P/FCF | – | 37.6× |
| FCF yield | – | 2.7% |
| Fair value | – | $152.30 |
| Margin of safety | – | −64.7% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −1.7% | 19.8% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 2.9% | 13.6% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 135% (better) | 54.4% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 143% (better) | 60.8% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 25.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 7.1% | 14.7% (better) |
| Operating margin | 5.9% | 10.0% (better) |
| Net margin | 5.1% | 7.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | 4.7% |
| Return on equity | 5.8% | 17.6% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 5.1% | 12.9% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.26 (better) | 0.44 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.46 | 1.35 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 6.3× | 18.2× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.43 | 3.18 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | – | 6.08 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.83% |
| Payout ratio | 17.2% | 18.4% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 13 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 14.9% |
| Buyback yield | – | 2.1% |
| Shareholder yield | – | 3.0% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 4.9% | 83.1% |
| Held by insiders | 44.7% | 6.8% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$7.6M |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 3.0% |
Go deeper
- MT stock overview
- MT income statement
- MT valuation and score
- STLD stock overview
- STLD income statement
- STLD valuation and score
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