ASTL vs SIM vs MT Stock Comparison

Algoma Steel, GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V and ArcelorMittal Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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MT ArcelorMittal
$60.31 -13.7% 1M +51.6% 1Y
Market cap
$47.04B
P/E
26.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$62.85B
Div. yield
–
Steel Basic Materials
8 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

ArcelorMittal leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (ArcelorMittal 8, GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V 1, Algoma Steel 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionASTLSIMMTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $541.33M $4.29B $47.04B MT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -0.5x 50.9x 26.0x MT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 18.1x 24.2x SIM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -30.2% — +3.6% MT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -72.4% — 2.9% MT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 3.5% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.0x — 1.9x ASTL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +16.0% -6.9% +51.6% MT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -15.3%/yr -0.5%/yr +12.0%/yr MT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 68.6% 43.9% 43.5% MT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 25/100 — 56/100 MT

Percentile Scorecard

ASTLSIMMT

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

AxisASTLSIMMT
Valuation 53 #76 of 162 73 #44 of 162 93 #12 of 162
Growth 6 #139 of 147 – 32 #100 of 147
Profitability 22 #96 of 122 – 54 #57 of 122
Financial Health 19 #133 of 164 80 #34 of 164 25 #123 of 164
Shareholder Returns – – 75 #28 of 107
Overall 25 – 56
  • ASTL ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • SIM ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • MT 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

PeriodASTLSIMMTSPY
1 month +13.6%-10.4%-13.7% +0.9%
3 months +15.7%-9.3%-8.1% +5.9%
6 months +10.8%-15.8%+7.9% +8.5%
Year to date +20.5%-12.8%+32.3% +13.3%
1 year +16.0%-6.9%+51.6% +12.4%
3 years -29.1%-15.9%+172.4% +88.1%
3 years, per year -10.8%-5.6%+39.7% +23.5%
5 years -56.4%-2.4%+76.5% +68.2%
5 years, per year -15.3%-0.5%+12.0% +11.0%
10 years —+142.8%+206.0% +263.4%
10 years, per year —+9.3%+11.8% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureASTLSIMMTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 68.6%43.9%43.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 70.8%85.4%40.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.060.292.09 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.23-0.161.19 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -75.5%-40.1%-46.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -14.8%-24.7%-23.4% -0.9%
52-week high $5.80$34.35$78.75 $779.14
52-week low $3.28$25.82$36.91 $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.

MultipleASTLSIMMT
P/E now vs peer median -0.5xmedian 13.4x 50.9xmedian 13.4x 25.4xmedian 13.4x
P/S now vs peer median 0.3xmedian 3.2x 2.7xmedian 3.2x 0.7xmedian 3.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -0.5xmedian 7.3x —median 7.3x 9.8xmedian 7.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 10.9xmedian 14.8x -34.7xmedian 14.8x 4.8xmedian 14.8x
P/B now vs peer median 24.9xmedian 2.3x 1.3xmedian 2.3x 0.8xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.31 —median 0.31 -1.27median 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 monthsASTLSIMMT
Revenue $1.49B – $62.85B
Gross profit -$342.32M – –
Operating income -$949.70M – $2.68B
Net income $164.57M – $1.30B
Free cash flow $47.46M – $9.56B
EPS (diluted) $-9.92 – $2.37
Cash & equivalents $44.06M $1.59B $4.85B
Total debt $344.54M $67.31M $16.31B
Shares (diluted) 108.70M – 766.00M
Enterprise value $370.88M -$4.68B $26.06B

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
MetricASTLSIMMT
P/E -0.5x 50.9x 25.4x
P/FCF 10.9x -34.7x 4.8x
P/Operating cash flow 7.5x – 9.8x
P/S 0.3x 2.7x 0.7x
P/B 24.9x 1.3x 0.8x
P/Tangible book 25.1x 1.4x 0.8x
EV/EBITDA -0.5x – 9.8x
EV/EBIT -0.4x – 21.2x
EV/Revenue 0.4x – 0.9x
EV/FCF 11.1x – 6.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 7.6x – 12.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – – -1.27

Growth

14 metrics
MetricASTLSIMMT
Revenue growth (1Y) -30.2% – 3.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – – -4.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -232.0% – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) -415.3% – -32.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – -15.6%
Net income growth (1Y) -33.6% – 446.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – – -33.1%
EPS growth (1Y) -534.2% – -25.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – – -19.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -78.7% – -4.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – -18.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -84.3% – 6.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – -9.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricASTLSIMMT
Gross margin -23.0% – –
EBITDA margin -71.7% – 9.2%
Operating margin -63.7% – 4.3%
Pretax margin -67.8% – 3.3%
Net margin -72.4% – 2.9%
FCF margin 3.2% – 15.2%
Operating cash flow margin 4.6% – 7.5%
Return on equity -587.5% – 3.4%
Return on assets -62.4% – 1.9%
Return on invested capital – – 3.5%
Return on capital employed -93.2% – 3.5%
Asset turnover 0.9x – 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.4x – 3.6x
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricASTLSIMMT
Debt / assets 3.6% 1.7% 16.4%
Debt / equity 2.5x 0.0x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.0x – 1.9x
Debt / FCF 1.1x – 1.7x
Liabilities / assets 98.6% 16.9% 44.7%
Equity / assets 1.4% 83.1% 55.3%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 2.5x 5.3x 1.4x
Quick ratio 0.7x 4.0x 0.4x
Cash ratio 0.2x 3.4x 0.2x
Altman Z-score -2.27 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricASTLSIMMT
Dividend yield – – 1.2%
Net buyback yield – – –
Shareholder yield 0.0% 0.0% 1.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusASTLSIMMT
Forward P/E – 18.1xFY2026 24.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-2.25FY2026 $1.43FY2026 $2.49FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +181.3%FY2026 -39.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – +179.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $766.90MFY2026 – $63.40BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -49.5%FY2026 – +3.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +70.9% – +12.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersASTLSIMMT
Held by institutions 66.4% 0.1% 4.9%
Institutions holding 95 12 317
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.2% -0.3% +29.8%
Institutions buying 41 1 150
Institutions selling 36 3 112
Buyers to sellers 1.14 0.33 1.34

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.

ASTLSIMMT
ASTL 1.00 0.01 0.38
SIM 0.01 1.00 0.14
MT 0.38 0.14 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ASTL, SIM and MT?

ArcelorMittal (MT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Algoma Steel (ASTL) $541.33M, GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V (SIM) $4.29B, ArcelorMittal (MT) $47.04B.

Which stock is cheaper, ASTL, SIM and MT?

ArcelorMittal (MT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Algoma Steel (ASTL) -0.5x, GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V (SIM) 50.9x, ArcelorMittal (MT) 26.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V (SIM) is cheapest (GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V (SIM) 18.1x, ArcelorMittal (MT) 24.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

ArcelorMittal (MT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Algoma Steel (ASTL) -30.2%, ArcelorMittal (MT) +3.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

ArcelorMittal (MT) has the highest net margin (Algoma Steel (ASTL) -72.4%, ArcelorMittal (MT) 2.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year ArcelorMittal (MT) returned the most: Algoma Steel (ASTL) +16.0%, GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V (SIM) -6.9%, ArcelorMittal (MT) +51.6%. Over five years, ArcelorMittal (MT) compounded fastest (Algoma Steel (ASTL) -15.3%/yr, GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V (SIM) -0.5%/yr, ArcelorMittal (MT) +12.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, ArcelorMittal (MT) has been the steadiest (Algoma Steel (ASTL) 68.6%, GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V (SIM) 43.9%, ArcelorMittal (MT) 43.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ASTL, SIM and MT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, ArcelorMittal (MT) leads on 8. 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.