HOWMET AEROSPACE INC. vs NUCOR CORPORATION, two Steel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where HWM and NUE diverge most: on debt / equity, HWM reads 0.85 and NUE reads 0.01; on p/b, HWM reads 20.61 and NUE reads 2.62. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What HWM's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | HWM | NUE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $282.40 | $257.42 |
| Market cap | $113.8B | $59.0B |
| Sector | Steel | Steel |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +14.2% |
| P/E | 65.5 | 25.5 |
| P/B | 20.61 | 2.62 |
| P/S | 13.20 | 1.73 |
| EV/EBITDA | 44.8 | 45.8 |
| Revenue growth | +14.2% | +12.3% |
| Operating margin | 32.6% | — |
| Net margin | 20.2% | 6.8% |
| Return on equity | 31.6% | 10.3% |
| Return on assets | 13.3% | 6.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 18.5% | — |
| FCF yield | 1.5% | 0.9% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | 0.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.85 | 0.01 |
| Current ratio | 2.44 | 2.90 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.65 | 5.19 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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