AREC vs CMC vs NUE Stock Comparison

American Resources, Commercial Metals and Nucor Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CMC COMMERCIAL METALS Co
$64.17 -0.5% 1M +6.1% 1Y
Market cap
$7.08B
P/E
10.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.39B
Div. yield
1.50%
Steel Basic Materials
2 wins
NUE Nucor Corp
$271.77 +11.1% 1M +78.8% 1Y
Market cap
$61.66B
P/E
17.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$38.83B
Div. yield
0.82%
Steel Basic Materials
5 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Nucor leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Nucor 5, American Resources 3, Commercial Metals 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionARECCMCNUELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $93.02M $7.08B $61.66B NUE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 5.3x 10.8x 17.2x AREC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 9.9x 13.5x CMC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +56.7% +20.5% +21.8% AREC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 7.0% — –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — -79.6% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 10.4x -0.4x — CMC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 3.28% 1.50% 0.82% AREC
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -64.6% +6.1% +78.8% NUE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -12.2%/yr +14.8%/yr +19.5%/yr NUE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 96.9% 35.6% 31.6% NUE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 45/100 55/100 72/100 NUE

Percentile Scorecard

ARECCMCNUE

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisARECCMCNUE
Valuation 82 #5 of 23 77 #38 of 162 85 #26 of 162
Growth 60 #9 of 21 56 #66 of 147 60 #59 of 147
Profitability – 50 #61 of 122 86 #18 of 122
Financial Health 38 #14 of 22 18 #135 of 164 –
Shareholder Returns 0 #10 of 10 73 #30 of 107 59 #45 of 107
Overall 45 55 72
  • AREC ranked among 25 companies in Coal and Uranium
  • CMC ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • NUE ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodARECCMCNUESPY
1 month -33.3%-0.5%+11.1% +0.9%
3 months -28.7%-5.8%+6.1% +5.9%
6 months -41.1%-3.7%+22.2% +8.5%
Year to date -50.8%-7.3%+66.6% +13.3%
1 year -64.6%+6.1%+78.8% +12.4%
3 years -10.9%+53.5%+83.5% +88.1%
3 years, per year -3.8%+15.4%+22.4% +23.5%
5 years -47.9%+99.4%+143.4% +68.2%
5 years, per year -12.2%+14.8%+19.5% +11.0%
10 years —+314.5%+470.8% +263.4%
10 years, per year —+15.3%+19.0% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureARECCMCNUESPY
Volatility, 1Y 96.9%35.6%31.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 93.6%35.3%31.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.871.370.89 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.670.172.50 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -88.1%-38.1%-48.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -72.1%-22.9%-1.0% -0.9%
52-week high $4.37$83.21$274.65 $779.14
52-week low $1.09$56.52$142.66 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleARECCMCNUE
P/E now vs peer median 5.3xmedian 27.3x 10.8xmedian 13.4x 17.2xmedian 13.4x
P/S now vs peer median -297.4xmedian 7.5x 0.8xmedian 3.2x 1.6xmedian 3.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -3.2xmedian 29.3x -1.5xmedian 7.3x —median 7.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 7.5xmedian 10.6x 14.8xmedian 14.8x 34.5xmedian 14.8x
P/B now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 1.2x 1.5xmedian 2.3x —median 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.08median 51.60 -1.59median 0.31 -2.21median 0.31

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsARECCMCNUE
Revenue -$312.74K $9.39B $38.83B
Gross profit $956.08K $1.75B –
Operating income -$6.29M -$6.93B –
Net income -$79.01M $655.85M $4.05B
Free cash flow $12.37M $479.12M –
R&D -$1.22M – –
EPS (diluted) $0.20 $5.86 $15.74
Cash & equivalents $31.70M – $3.47B
Total debt $8.34M $3.41B –
Shares (diluted) 87.27M 111.86M 228.50M
Enterprise value $8.95M $6.30B $62.94B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricARECCMCNUE
P/E 5.3x 10.8x 17.2x
P/FCF 7.5x 14.8x 34.5x
P/Operating cash flow 7.3x 6.7x 11.6x
P/S -297.4x 0.8x 1.6x
P/B 1.0x 1.5x –
P/Tangible book 1.0x 1.7x –
EV/EBITDA -3.2x -1.5x –
EV/EBIT -3.5x -1.4x –
EV/Revenue -69.8x 1.0x 1.6x
EV/FCF 1.8x 20.3x –
EV/Operating cash flow 1.7x 9.2x 11.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.08 -1.59 -2.21

Growth

14 metrics
MetricARECCMCNUE
Revenue growth (1Y) 56.7% 20.5% 21.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -26.2% 2.2% 2.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 210.0% 43.6% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -62.3% -1.1% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 47.3% -7.1% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 31.4% -5.7% –
Net income growth (1Y) -517.7% 674.7% 106.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -279.5% -8.6% -9.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 131.2% 690.1% 119.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 68.3% -6.8% -7.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 541.6% 48.1% 68.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 71.1% -7.6% -13.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 682.1% 53.4% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 89.3% -13.4% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricARECCMCNUE
Gross margin – 18.6% –
EBITDA margin – -69.6% –
Operating margin – -73.8% –
Pretax margin – 7.6% –
Net margin – 7.0% –
FCF margin – 5.1% –
Operating cash flow margin -4,086% 11.3% 13.7%
Return on equity – 14.2% –
Return on assets 7.7% 6.5% 10.7%
Return on invested capital – -79.6% –
Return on capital employed -5.1% -82.5% –
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.9x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.2x 1.6x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue -3,162% 0.5% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricARECCMCNUE
Debt / assets 0.6% 33.2% –
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.7x –
Net debt / EBITDA 10.4x -0.4x –
Debt / FCF 0.1x 7.1x –
Liabilities / assets 43.9% 54.2% 37.2%
Equity / assets 56.1% 45.8% –
Interest coverage – -48.4x –
Current ratio 2.2x 2.3x 2.5x
Quick ratio 1.2x 1.4x –
Cash ratio 1.2x 0.5x –
Altman Z-score -0.60 0.40 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricARECCMCNUE
Dividend yield 3.3% 1.5% 0.8%
Net buyback yield -81.3% 1.5% –
Shareholder yield -78.0% 2.9% 0.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 12.8% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 17.6% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 3.5% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 4.0% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusARECCMCNUE
Forward P/E – 9.9xFY2027 13.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.30FY2026 $6.49FY2027 $20.11FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -4.8%FY2027 +160.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +10.9% +6.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.75MFY2026 $9.59BFY2027 $39.95BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +17,395.7%FY2026 +2.1%FY2027 +22.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3,730.3% +4.9% +8.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersARECCMCNUE
Held by institutions 31.5% 93.1% 79.2%
Institutions holding 99 520 1,541
Change in shares held, QoQ -5.8% +0.2% +2.2%
Institutions buying 67 262 751
Institutions selling 17 175 516
Buyers to sellers 3.94 1.50 1.46

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ARECCMCNUE
AREC 1.00 0.23 0.18
CMC 0.23 1.00 0.72
NUE 0.18 0.72 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AREC, CMC and NUE?

Nucor (NUE) is the largest by market capitalisation: American Resources (AREC) $93.02M, Commercial Metals (CMC) $7.08B, Nucor (NUE) $61.66B.

Which stock is cheaper, AREC, CMC and NUE?

American Resources (AREC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (American Resources (AREC) 5.3x, Commercial Metals (CMC) 10.8x, Nucor (NUE) 17.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Commercial Metals (CMC) is cheapest (Commercial Metals (CMC) 9.9x, Nucor (NUE) 13.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

American Resources (AREC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: American Resources (AREC) +56.7%, Commercial Metals (CMC) +20.5%, Nucor (NUE) +21.8%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Nucor (NUE) returned the most: American Resources (AREC) -64.6%, Commercial Metals (CMC) +6.1%, Nucor (NUE) +78.8%. Over five years, Nucor (NUE) compounded fastest (American Resources (AREC) -12.2%/yr, Commercial Metals (CMC) +14.8%/yr, Nucor (NUE) +19.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

American Resources (AREC) has the highest dividend yield: American Resources (AREC) 3.28%, Commercial Metals (CMC) 1.50%, Nucor (NUE) 0.82%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Nucor (NUE) has been the steadiest (American Resources (AREC) 96.9%, Commercial Metals (CMC) 35.6%, Nucor (NUE) 31.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AREC, CMC and NUE?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Nucor (NUE) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.