SID vs CMC vs AREC Stock Comparison

National Steel, Commercial Metals and American Resources Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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SID National Steel Co
$0.90 -18.9% 1M -44.8% 1Y
Market cap
$1.14B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$18.30B
Div. yield
–
Steel Basic Materials
1 win
CMC COMMERCIAL METALS Co
$62.44 -5.0% 1M +2.2% 1Y
Market cap
$7.01B
P/E
10.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.39B
Div. yield
0.01%
Steel Basic Materials
6 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Commercial Metals leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Commercial Metals 6, American Resources 2, National Steel 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSIDCMCARECLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.14B $7.01B $90.56M CMC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -3.5x 10.7x 5.1x AREC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 9.6x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +23.4% +20.5% +56.7% AREC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -1.8% 7.0% — CMC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — -79.6% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -1.0x -0.4x 10.4x SID
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -44.8% +2.2% -71.9% CMC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -27.2%/yr +14.8%/yr -13.7%/yr CMC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 69.5% 35.6% 96.7% CMC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 45/100 55/100 40/100 CMC

Percentile Scorecard

SIDCMCAREC

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

AxisSIDCMCAREC
Valuation 63 #61 of 162 76 #39 of 162 68 #8 of 23
Growth 27 #108 of 147 55 #67 of 147 60 #9 of 21
Profitability 43 #70 of 122 51 #60 of 122 –
Financial Health 76 #41 of 165 18 #136 of 165 33 #15 of 22
Shareholder Returns 18 #88 of 107 73 #30 of 107 0 #10 of 10
Overall 45 55 40
  • SID ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • CMC ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • AREC ranked among 25 companies in Coal and Uranium

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodSIDCMCARECSPY
1 month -18.9%-5.0%-42.6% -0.8%
3 months -19.6%-8.3%-38.1% +3.5%
6 months -30.2%-10.2%-50.2% +7.0%
Year to date -43.8%-9.8%-56.0% +12.2%
1 year -44.8%+2.2%-71.9% +13.0%
3 years -59.8%+49.4%-20.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year -26.2%+14.3%-7.3% +23.1%
5 years -79.5%+99.2%-52.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year -27.2%+14.8%-13.7% +11.0%
10 years -73.0%+279.6%— +258.0%
10 years, per year -12.3%+14.3%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureSIDCMCARECSPY
Volatility, 1Y 69.5%35.6%96.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 78.6%35.3%93.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.981.362.84 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.640.06-0.74 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -84.8%-38.1%-88.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -57.5%-25.0%-75.1% -1.8%
52-week high $2.12$83.21$4.37 $779.14
52-week low $0.87$56.52$1.09 $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.

MultipleSIDCMCAREC
P/E now vs peer median -3.6xmedian 12.8x 10.6xmedian 12.8x 4.8xmedian 26.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.1xmedian 3.1x 0.7xmedian 3.1x -265.7xmedian 6.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -0.5xmedian 7.0x -1.5xmedian 7.0x -1.7xmedian 28.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 15.2x 14.4xmedian 15.2x 6.7xmedian 10.1x
P/B now vs peer median —median 2.1x 1.5xmedian 2.1x 0.9xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.09median 0.29 -1.55median 0.29 0.07median 45.36

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 monthsSIDCMCAREC
Revenue $18.30B $9.39B -$312.74K
Gross profit $2.18B $1.75B $956.08K
Operating income $813.51M -$6.93B -$6.29M
Net income -$703.42M $655.85M -$79.01M
Free cash flow $1.06B $479.12M $12.37M
R&D – – -$1.22M
EPS (diluted) $-2.04 $5.86 $0.20
Cash & equivalents $2.63B – $31.70M
Total debt $28.10B $3.41B $8.34M
Shares (diluted) 161.19M 111.86M 87.27M
Enterprise value -$6.97B $6.23B $8.07M

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
MetricSIDCMCAREC
P/E -3.6x 10.6x 4.8x
P/FCF 1.1x 14.4x 6.7x
P/Operating cash flow -1.5x 6.5x 6.5x
P/S 0.1x 0.7x -265.7x
P/B – 1.5x 0.9x
P/Tangible book – 1.6x 0.9x
EV/EBITDA -0.5x -1.5x -1.7x
EV/EBIT -1.5x -1.4x -1.9x
EV/Revenue -0.1x 1.0x -38.1x
EV/FCF -1.1x 19.9x 1.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 1.5x 9.0x 0.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.09 -1.55 0.07

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSIDCMCAREC
Revenue growth (1Y) 23.4% 20.5% 56.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 18.9% 2.2% -26.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 9.8% 43.6% 210.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -20.1% -1.1% -62.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) -8.9% -7.1% 47.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -24.9% -5.7% 31.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 13.4% 674.7% -517.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -11.8% -8.6% -279.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 15.4% 690.1% 131.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -42.2% -6.8% 68.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -200.4% 48.1% 541.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -65.5% -7.6% 71.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -56.6% 53.4% 682.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.4% -13.4% 89.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSIDCMCAREC
Gross margin 11.9% 18.6% –
EBITDA margin 13.2% -69.6% –
Operating margin 4.4% -73.8% –
Pretax margin -3.2% 7.6% –
Net margin -1.8% 7.0% –
FCF margin 5.8% 5.1% –
Operating cash flow margin -4.3% 11.3% -4,086%
Return on equity – 14.2% –
Return on assets -4.5% 6.5% 7.7%
Return on invested capital – -79.6% –
Return on capital employed – -82.5% -5.1%
Asset turnover 1.0x 0.9x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 1.6x -0.2x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.5% -3,162%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSIDCMCAREC
Debt / assets 1.9% 33.2% 0.6%
Debt / equity – 0.7x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA -1.0x -0.4x 10.4x
Debt / FCF 0.3x 7.1x 0.1x
Liabilities / assets – 54.2% 43.9%
Equity / assets – 45.8% 56.1%
Interest coverage 0.5x -48.4x –
Current ratio – 2.3x 2.2x
Quick ratio – 1.4x 1.2x
Cash ratio – 0.5x 1.2x
Altman Z-score – 0.38 -0.68

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSIDCMCAREC
Dividend yield – 1.2% 3.7%
Net buyback yield -17.2% 1.5% -91.0%
Shareholder yield -17.2% 2.7% -87.4%
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.

ConsensusSIDCMCAREC
Forward P/E – 9.6xFY2027 –
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.34FY2026 $6.49FY2027 $-0.30FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -4.8%FY2027 –
EPS growth, the year after – +10.9% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.79BFY2026 $9.59BFY2027 $8.75MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -1.3%FY2026 +2.1%FY2027 +17,395.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -5.9% +4.9% +3,730.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSIDCMCAREC
Held by institutions 2.1% 93.1% 31.5%
Institutions holding 66 520 99
Change in shares held, QoQ -22.1% +0.2% -5.8%
Institutions buying 27 262 67
Institutions selling 24 175 17
Buyers to sellers 1.13 1.50 3.94

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.

SIDCMCAREC
SID 1.00 0.38 0.24
CMC 0.38 1.00 0.22
AREC 0.24 0.22 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SID, CMC and AREC?

Commercial Metals (CMC) is the largest by market capitalisation: National Steel (SID) $1.14B, Commercial Metals (CMC) $7.01B, American Resources (AREC) $90.56M.

Which stock is cheaper, SID, CMC and AREC?

American Resources (AREC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (National Steel (SID) -3.5x, Commercial Metals (CMC) 10.7x, American Resources (AREC) 5.1x). 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: National Steel (SID) +23.4%, Commercial Metals (CMC) +20.5%, American Resources (AREC) +56.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Commercial Metals (CMC) has the highest net margin (National Steel (SID) -1.8%, Commercial Metals (CMC) 7.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Commercial Metals (CMC) returned the most: National Steel (SID) -44.8%, Commercial Metals (CMC) +2.2%, American Resources (AREC) -71.9%. Over five years, Commercial Metals (CMC) compounded fastest (National Steel (SID) -27.2%/yr, Commercial Metals (CMC) +14.8%/yr, American Resources (AREC) -13.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: National Steel (SID) 0.00%, Commercial Metals (CMC) 0.01%, American Resources (AREC) 0.00%. National Steel (SID) and American Resources (AREC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Commercial Metals (CMC) has been the steadiest (National Steel (SID) 69.5%, Commercial Metals (CMC) 35.6%, American Resources (AREC) 96.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Commercial Metals (CMC) leads on 6. 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.