COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY vs NUCOR CORP, two Steel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CMC and NUE diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), CMC reads -1.5% and NUE reads +11.8%; on debt / equity, CMC reads 0.71 and NUE reads 0.31. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CMC price has a different growth bar priced in than NUE (-1.5% implied for CMC vs +11.8% for NUE); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CMC | NUE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $63.90 | $250.27 |
| Market cap | $7.1B | $57.2B |
| Sector | Steel | Steel |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -1.5% | +11.8% |
| P/E | 12.1 | 20.0 |
| P/B | 1.58 | 2.46 |
| P/S | 0.81 | 1.58 |
| EV/EBITDA | 27.5 | 40.9 |
| Revenue growth | +15.4% | +16.8% |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 8.0% |
| Return on equity | 13.1% | 12.4% |
| Return on assets | 6.1% | 7.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 0.9% | — |
| FCF yield | 5.7% | 2.8% |
| Dividend yield | 1.1% | 0.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.71 | 0.31 |
| Current ratio | 2.33 | 2.51 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.66 | 5.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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