Posted by admin on Jun 21st, 2022
United States Steel (NYSE:X – Get Rating) and Grupo Simec (NYSE:SIM – Get Rating) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for United States Steel and Grupo Simec, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
United States Steel currently has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 50.83%. Given United States Steel’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe United States Steel is more favorable than Grupo Simec.
United States Steel has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grupo Simec has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
This table compares United States Steel and Grupo Simec’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
United States Steel has higher revenue and earnings than Grupo Simec. United States Steel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grupo Simec, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
This table compares United States Steel and Grupo Simec’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
72.6% of United States Steel shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of United States Steel shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
United States Steel beats Grupo Simec on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About United States Steel (Get Rating)
United States Steel Corporation produces and sells flat-rolled and tubular steel products primarily in North America and Europe. It operates through four segments: North American Flat-Rolled (Flat-Rolled), Mini Mill, U. S. Steel Europe (USSE), and Tubular Products (Tubular). The Flat-Rolled segment offers slabs, strip mill plates, sheets, and tin mill products, as well as iron ore and coke. This segment serves customers in the service center, conversion, transportation, automotive, construction, container, appliance, and electrical markets. The Mini Mill segment provides hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and coated sheets and electrical products. This segment serves customers in the automotive, appliance, construction, container, transportation, and service center markets. The USSE segment provides slabs, strip mill plates, sheets, tin mill products, and spiral welded pipes. This segment serves customers in the construction, container, appliance and electrical, service center, conversion, oil, gas, and petrochemical markets. The Tubular segment offers seamless and electric resistance welded steel casing and tubing products, as well as standard and line pipe and mechanical tubing products primarily to customers in the oil, gas, and petrochemical markets. The company also engages in the real estate business. United States Steel Corporation was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
About Grupo Simec (Get Rating)
Grupo Simec, S.A.B. de C.V. manufactures, processes, and distributes special bar quality (SBQ) steel and steel alloys products in Mexico, the United States, Brazil, Canada, and internationally. The company produces I-beams, channels, structural and commercial angles, hot rolled bars, flat bars, rebars, cold finished bars, electro-welded wire mesh and panels, and wire rods, as well as semi-finished tube rounds and other semi-finished trade products. Its SBQ steel products are used across a range of engineered end-user applications, including axles, hubs, and crankshafts for automobiles and light trucks, machine tools, and off-highway equipment; and structural steel products are used in the non-residential construction market and other construction applications. The company also exports its steel products to Central and South America, and Europe. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Guadalajara, Mexico. Grupo Simec, S.A.B. de C.V. is a subsidiary of Industrias CH, S.A.B. de C.V.
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