Financial Contrast: National Steel (SID) versus Its Rivals

National Steel (NYSE:SID) is one of 1,984 public companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare National Steel to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

16.1% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of National Steel shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for National Steel and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Steel	3	0	0	0	1.00
National Steel Competitors	6397	22575	32271	1793	2.47

National Steel currently has a consensus price target of $1.40, indicating a potential upside of 96.74%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 35.71%. Given National Steel’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe National Steel is more favorable than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares National Steel and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Steel	-5.26%	-14.90%	-2.38%
National Steel Competitors	-1,168,050,136,845,918,000.00%	-53.09%	-2.11%

Risk & Volatility

National Steel has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Steel’s competitors have a beta of 1.03, indicating that their average stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares National Steel and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
National Steel	$8.02 billion	-$358.62 million	-2.09
National Steel Competitors	$4.65 billion	$279.69 million	-46.29

National Steel has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its competitors. National Steel is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

National Steel competitors beat National Steel on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About National Steel

Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional operates as an integrated steel producer in Brazil and Latin America. It operates through five segments: Steel Industry, Mining, Logistics, Energy, and Cement. The company offers flat steel products, such as hot and cold rolled, galvanized, galvalume, pre-painted, and metal sheets products; coil, sheets, and derivatives; tiles and derivatives, pipes, and profiles; long steel products; steel packaging solutions for the food industry; chemical packaging solution; and carbochemical products. It also provides steel cutting services; produces and sells cement; operates railway and port facilities; and generates electric power from its thermoelectric co-generation and hydroelectric power plants. In addition, the company explores for iron ore reserves at Casa de Pedra and Engenho mines located in the city of Congonhas; and limestone and dolomite at the Bocaina mine located in the city of Arcos in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, as well as produces tin. Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.