Commercial Metals vs Steel Dynamics
CMC 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 CMC and STLD compare
Steel Dynamics is the larger company, worth 4.8 times as much as Commercial Metals ($33.7B against $7.0B).
On earnings, Commercial Metals is cheaper: it trades at 10.9× trailing earnings, against 17.5× for Steel Dynamics.
Steel Dynamics grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (26.0% versus 20.5% for Commercial Metals).
Steel Dynamics keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 8.8% compared with 7.0% at Commercial Metals.
Both pay dividends: Commercial Metals yields 0.91% and Steel Dynamics 0.88%.
Steel Dynamics scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 15 for Commercial Metals), 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 | CMC | STLD |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $7.0B | $33.7B |
| Share price | $63.85 | $237.11 |
| Change, 1 year | 7.9% | 55.6% |
| Change, 5 years | 82.1% | 276% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.14 | 1.30 |
| Employees | 14K | 14K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 15 | 16 (better) |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 | 4 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 10.9× (better) | 17.5× |
| P/S | 0.7× (better) | 1.5× |
| P/B | 1.5× (better) | 3.4× |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.7× (better) | 11.5× |
| P/FCF | 14.7× (better) | 30.8× |
| FCF yield | 6.8% (better) | 3.2% |
| Fair value | $68.89 | $163.80 |
| Margin of safety | 7.3% (better) | −44.8% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 20.5% | 26.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.9% | 13.6% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 675% (better) | 73.9% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 692% (better) | 79.5% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 11.6% | 25.3% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 18.6% (better) | 15.9% |
| Operating margin | – | 11.5% |
| Net margin | 7.0% | 8.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | 5.1% (better) | 4.9% |
| Return on equity | 14.8% | 20.8% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | – | 16.0% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.72 | 0.43 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.35 | 1.02 (better) |
| Interest coverage | – | 18.4× |
| Current ratio | 2.34 | 3.14 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.62 | 5.94 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.91% (better) | 0.88% |
| Payout ratio | 12.8% | 15.2% |
| Years of dividend growth | 5 | 13 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 9.6% | 14.9% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 1.5% | 2.5% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 2.4% | 3.3% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 94.3% | 83.8% |
| Held by insiders | 0.99% | 6.8% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.2M (better) | −$20.0M |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.9% | 2.8% |
Go deeper
- CMC stock overview
- CMC income statement
- CMC valuation and score
- STLD stock overview
- STLD income statement
- STLD valuation and score
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