Evenly matched
21 companies value 231 bn revenue 272 bn margin 2.6% free cash flow 4.6 bn avg. score 2.9
NUE holds 25.6% of the group's value, 1.2x the runner-up
| Rank | Ticker | Company | Share | Value | Revenue | Margin | FCF | 5 years | FCF/px | Yield | What it does · why it is here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NUE | Nucor United States · score 5.7 | 26% | 59 bn | 36 bn | 8.0% | 1.6 bn | 2.7% | 0.9% | Largest steelmaker in the United States, with electric arc furnaces · Largest US steelmaker; the mini-mill model, the lowest-cost in the country | |
| 2 | MT | ArcelorMittal Luxembourg · score 6.7 | 21% | 48 bn | 63 bn | 3.0% | 4.7 bn | 9.9% | 1.2% | Europe's largest steelmaker and one of the largest in the Americas · World's largest steelmaker outside China | |
| 3 | STLD | Steel Dynamics United States · score 5.6 | 15% | 35 bn | 21 bn | 7.8% | 1.0 bn | 2.7% | 0.8% | Electric arc furnace steel, metals recycling and aluminum · 2nd most efficient US mini-mill, with high cash generation | |
| 4 | RS | Reliance, Inc. United States · score 5.5 | 9% | 21 bn | 16 bn | 5.7% | 0.5 bn | 2.5% | — | Distribution and processing of more than 100,000 metal products · North America's largest metals service center | |
| 5 | PKX | POSCO HOLDINGS INC. South Korea · score 1.9 | 8% | 17 bn | 52 bn | 0.8% | -0.8 bn | -4.7% | 4.0% | Steel, batteries and materials, from South Korea, since 1968 · South Korea — revenue of $52bn | |
| 6 | TX | Ternium S.A. Luxembourg · score 2.6 | 5% | 12 bn | 16 bn | 1.9% | -0.3 bn | -3.0% | — | One of the largest steelmakers in the Americas · Luxembourg — revenue of $15.6bn | |
| 7 | GGB | GERDAU S.A. Brazil · score 5.3 | 4% | 10 bn | 14 bn | 2.0% | 0.3 bn | 2.6% | 2.5% | Long steel in Brazil and the Americas, since 1961 · Brazil — revenue of $13.9bn | |
| 8 | CLF | Cleveland-Cliffs United States · score 0.0 | 4% | 8.0 bn | 19 bn | -4.6% | -0.9 bn | -10.7% | — | Steelmaking and iron ore for the auto industry · Largest US integrated steelmaker and a supplier to automakers | |
| 9 | CMC | Commercial Metals United States · score 6.0 | 3% | 7.1 bn | 9.4 bn | 7.0% | 0.5 bn | 6.8% | 1.2% | Recycled long steel and construction products · Recycled long steel for construction, from electric arc furnace mills | |
| 10 | SIM | GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V. Mexico · score 2.7 | 2% | 4.6 bn | 1.6 bn | 4.9% | -0.1 bn | -2.8% | — | Special bar quality (SBQ) steel for auto parts and structural steel for construction in Mexico and Brazil · Mexico — revenue of $1.6bn | |
| 11 | WS | Worthington Steel, Inc. United States · score 1.7 | 1% | 2.1 bn | 5.3 bn | -0.7% | 0.1 bn | 2.2% | 1.5% | Flat-rolled steel processing and electrical laminations · Ohio — revenue of $5.3bn | |
| 12 | SID | NATIONAL STEEL CO Brazil · score 0.1 | 1% | 1.5 bn | 8.9 bn | -3.4% | -1.4 bn | -91.8% | 9.2% | Steel, iron ore mining and cement in Brazil · Brazil — revenue of $8.9bn | |
| 13 | RYZ | Ryerson Holding Corp United States · score 0.0 | 1% | 1.4 bn | 4.6 bn | -0.7% | -0.1 bn | -9.0% | 2.2% | Metals distribution and processing · Illinois — revenue of $4.6bn | |
| 14 | MTUS | Metallus Inc. United States · score 2.4 | 0% | 0.9 bn | 1.2 bn | 0.7% | -0.1 bn | -11.3% | — | Electric arc furnace alloy, carbon and microalloy steels · Ohio — revenue of $1.2bn | |
| 15 | NWPX | NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. United States · score 6.3 | 0% | 0.9 bn | 0.6 bn | 8.5% | 0.1 bn | 8.5% | — | Pipe and precast products for water infrastructure · Washington — revenue of $574m | |
| 16 | GSM | Ferroglobe PLC United Kingdom · score 1.1 | 0% | 0.8 bn | 1.3 bn | -13.3% | -0.0 bn | -1.3% | 1.3% | Silicon metal and silicon- and manganese-based ferroalloys for steel, aluminum and silicones · United Kingdom — revenue of $1.3bn | |
| 17 | IIIN | INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC United States · score 3.4 | 0% | 0.6 bn | 0.7 bn | 5.1% | -0.0 bn | -1.7% | 3.8% | Largest US maker of concrete reinforcing wire · North Carolina — revenue of $708m | |
| 18 | ASTL | Algoma Steel Group Inc. Canada · score 0.0 | 0% | 0.4 bn | 1.5 bn | -47.2% | -0.3 bn | -64.8% | 2.4% | Steelmaking, with an agent in the United States · Canada — revenue of $1.5bn | |
| 19 | FRD | FRIEDMAN INDUSTRIES INC United States · score 3.3 | 0% | 0.3 bn | 0.8 bn | 3.6% | -0.0 bn | -2.4% | 0.4% | Flat-rolled and tubular steel processing, from Texas, since 1965 · Texas — revenue of $752m | |
| 20 | HUDI | Huadi International Group Co., Ltd. China · score 0.4 | 0% | 0.0 bn | 0.1 bn | -4.6% | 0.0 bn | -44.5% | — | Stainless steel pipes for energy and industry, from China · China — revenue of $58m | |
| 21 | ZKIN | ZK International Group Co., Ltd. China · score 1.0 | — | — | 0.1 bn | -5.5% | -0.0 bn | — | — | Steel pipes and fittings for water and sanitation, from China · China — revenue of $72m |
Other industries in the same sector
- Sector overview
- Gold 64 companies
- Diversified mining 9 companies
- Copper and electrification metals 17 companies
- Industrial gases and chemicals 2 companies
- Specialty chemicals 36 companies
- Construction materials (aggregates) 5 companies
- Packaging 16 companies
- Paints and coatings 3 companies
- Commodity chemicals 19 companies
- Semiconductor materials 7 companies
- Cement 11 companies
- Fertilizers 8 companies
and 13 industries more
- Silver 13 companies
- Specialty and aerospace alloys 6 companies
- Lithium 11 companies
- Industrial plastic products 9 companies
- Aluminum 5 companies
- Adhesives and specialty coatings 3 companies
- Rare earths and critical minerals 16 companies
- Timber and wood products 4 companies
- Pulp and paper 7 companies
- Seeds and crop protection 7 companies
- Glass and metal packaging 3 companies
- Aerospace composites 2 companies
- Platinum and palladium 3 companies
What this is. A catalogue, not a guide. Every industry with stocks listed on the NYSE or NASDAQ, the companies contending for its leadership, what each one does according to its own annual report, and the balance sheet it filed with the SEC.
The score runs from 0 to 10 and compares each company with every other one in the almanac on cash generation, profitability, debt, dividends and consistency over the last five years. The higher it is, the better the company fares in that comparison. Curious how much each part weighs? Ask at the bottom of the page.
The score runs from 0 to 10 and compares each company with every other one in the almanac on cash generation, profitability, debt, dividends and consistency over the last five years. The higher it is, the better the company fares in that comparison. Curious how much each part weighs? Ask at the bottom of the page.