BELDEN INC. vs NUCOR CORP, two Steel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BDC and NUE diverge most: on dividend yield, BDC reads 0.2% and NUE reads 0.9%; on ev/ebitda, BDC reads 11.1 and NUE reads 40.9. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's BDC price has a different growth bar priced in than NUE (+11.3% implied for BDC vs +11.8% for NUE); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What BDC's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BDC | NUE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $109.23 | $250.27 |
| Market cap | $4.3B | $57.2B |
| Sector | Steel | Steel |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +11.3% | +11.8% |
| P/E | 17.8 | 20.0 |
| P/B | 3.10 | 2.46 |
| P/S | 1.50 | 1.58 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.1 | 40.9 |
| Revenue growth | +9.4% | +16.8% |
| Gross margin | 39.1% | — |
| Operating margin | 13.2% | — |
| Net margin | 8.5% | 8.0% |
| Return on equity | 17.6% | 12.4% |
| Return on assets | 6.8% | 7.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.5% | — |
| FCF yield | 4.9% | 2.8% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | 0.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.89 | 0.31 |
| Current ratio | 2.14 | 2.51 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.74 | 5.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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