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Stocks/Sectors/Basic Materials/Steel

Steel Industry

Steel industry analysis: EL7 Score and the best stocks ranked by value, profitability, and momentum.

EL7 Score
69Strong

49 of 151

P/E 23.1 vs period average 22.9 Near its historical average

Total stocks23
Total Market Cap$322B
Median P/E23.1x
Median Net Margin3.4%
Value
61
Growth
38

Best Stocks in Steel

Ranked among 16 stocks with a market cap above $500M. Smaller companies are excluded from the ranking.

Rank
Company
Price
Change
P/E
Fwd P/E
Value
Growth
Quality
Safety
Capital Return
EL7 Score
1/16
STLD
STLDSteel Dynamics
$239.79+1.1%21.714.12468666673
90
2/16
VALE
VALEVale
$15.23-0.3%29.97.85939783990
78
3/16
CMC
CMCCommercial Metals
$67.17+0.8%12.79.57680734648
73
4/16
CRS
CRSCarpenter Technology
$443.19-1.1%42.034.3278937358
71
5/16
GGB
GGBGerdau
$5.15+1.0%23.3—6822495170
68
6/16
NUE
NUENucor
$259.43+1.6%20.717.02751566845
66
7/16
RS
RSReliance Steel &
$394.21+0.5%22.919.52241687360
59
8/16
SIM
SIMGrupo Simec, S.A.B. de
$26.40-0.4%6.3—7644639875
56
9/16
TX
TXTernium
$57.90+0.5%19.713.14146344923
49
10/16
MT
MTArcelorMittal
$74.51-0.7%31.311.73929243233
39
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Score = market-cap-weighted percentile rank of the sector stocks vs the whole market (0-100). Higher = stronger.

Quality
43
Safety
69
Capital Return
48
Momentum
80
Sentiment
64

Score = market-cap-weighted percentile rank of the sector stocks vs the whole market (0-100). Higher = stronger.

Recent Insider Buys

Insider purchases in the sector's stocks

CMCMATT PETER RPresident and CEO$504K10 Jul
ETFs with exposure to this sector

Funds that track the sector and each fund's exposure to it.

Fund
Exposure
Assets
Expense
Holdings
GDXVanEck Gold Miners ETF100.0%$30B0.51%57
VAWVanguard Materials ETF88.0%$4B0.09%115
XLBState Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF84.9%$8B0.08%25

The percentage is the sector's share of the fund's assets, per the latest available data.

Recent Analyst Ratings

Upgrades and downgrades on the sector's stocks

VALEBernsteinMarket PerformHold9 SepMTDeutsche BankBuyHold4 SepGGBUBSBuyHold27 AugTXUBSNeutralHold27 AugMTMorgan StanleyOverweightInitiate24 AugGGBGoldman SachsNeutralDowngrade24 AugTXHSBCBuyHold21 AugSIDHSBCHoldHold21 Aug