ALCOA CORP vs COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY, two Steel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AA and CMC diverge most: on dividend yield, AA reads 0.2% and CMC reads 1.1%; on debt / equity, AA reads 0.30 and CMC reads 0.73. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AA | CMC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $45.24 | $68.65 |
| Market cap | $12.0B | $7.7B |
| Sector | Steel | Steel |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +0.9% |
| P/E | 9.4 | 13.0 |
| P/B | 1.63 | 1.69 |
| P/S | 0.88 | 0.87 |
| EV/EBITDA | 19.6 | 36.8 |
| Revenue growth | +7.1% | +15.4% |
| Net margin | 9.4% | 6.7% |
| Return on equity | 17.3% | 13.1% |
| Return on assets | 7.6% | 6.1% |
| FCF yield | 2.9% | 5.3% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.30 | 0.73 |
| Current ratio | 1.53 | 2.33 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.76 | 2.72 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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