BELDEN INC. vs Steel Dynamics, Inc., two Steel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BDC and STLD diverge most: on dividend yield, BDC reads 0.2% and STLD reads 0.8%; on gross margin, BDC reads 39.1% and STLD reads 15.7%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's BDC price has a different growth bar priced in than STLD (+13.0% implied for BDC vs +20.3% for STLD); 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). What STLD'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 | STLD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $123.85 | $251.05 |
| Market cap | $4.9B | $36.3B |
| Sector | Steel | Steel |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +13.0% | +20.3% |
| P/E | 20.1 | 22.8 |
| P/B | 3.51 | 3.85 |
| P/S | 1.70 | 1.77 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.1 | 14.9 |
| Revenue growth | +9.4% | +19.4% |
| Gross margin | 39.1% | 15.7% |
| Operating margin | 13.2% | 11.5% |
| Net margin | 8.5% | 7.8% |
| Return on equity | 17.6% | 17.1% |
| Return on assets | 6.8% | 9.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.5% | 11.7% |
| FCF yield | 4.4% | 2.6% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | 0.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.89 | 0.45 |
| Current ratio | 2.14 | 3.18 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.74 | 5.84 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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