SIM vs AREC vs STLD Stock Comparison

GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V, American Resources and Steel Dynamics Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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STLD Steel Dynamics Inc
$237.55 +1.7% 1M +55.3% 1Y
Market cap
$35.25B
P/E
18.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$22.22B
Div. yield
0.01%
Steel Basic Materials
7 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Steel Dynamics leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Steel Dynamics 7, American Resources 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSIMARECSTLDLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.97B $89.78M $35.25B STLD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 50.9x 5.1x 18.1x AREC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.1x — 13.9x STLD
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +56.7% +26.0% AREC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — — 8.8% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 14.6% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 10.4x 1.0x STLD
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -6.9% -71.9% +55.3% STLD
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -0.5%/yr -13.7%/yr +29.8%/yr STLD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 44.0% 96.7% 35.9% STLD
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 40/100 56/100 STLD

Percentile Scorecard

SIMARECSTLD

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

AxisSIMARECSTLD
Valuation 71 #48 of 162 68 #8 of 23 68 #52 of 162
Growth – 60 #9 of 21 51 #73 of 147
Profitability – – 63 #46 of 122
Financial Health 80 #34 of 165 33 #15 of 22 37 #104 of 165
Shareholder Returns – 0 #10 of 10 63 #40 of 107
Overall – 40 56
  • SIM ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • AREC ranked among 25 companies in Coal and Uranium
  • STLD 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

PeriodSIMARECSTLDSPY
1 month -10.4%-42.6%+1.7% -0.8%
3 months -2.8%-38.1%-5.1% +3.5%
6 months -15.8%-50.2%+5.6% +7.0%
Year to date -12.8%-56.0%+40.2% +12.2%
1 year -6.9%-71.9%+55.3% +13.0%
3 years -15.9%-20.4%+128.2% +86.3%
3 years, per year -5.6%-7.3%+31.7% +23.1%
5 years -2.7%-52.0%+268.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year -0.5%-13.7%+29.8% +11.0%
10 years +145.8%—+793.7% +258.0%
10 years, per year +9.4%—+24.5% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureSIMARECSTLDSPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.0%96.7%35.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 85.4%93.6%36.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.292.841.04 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.16-0.741.54 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -40.1%-88.1%-32.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -24.7%-75.1%-16.0% -1.8%
52-week high $34.35$4.37$282.76 $779.14
52-week low $25.82$1.09$151.62 $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.

MultipleSIMARECSTLD
P/E now vs peer median 50.9xmedian 12.8x 4.8xmedian 26.7x 17.4xmedian 12.8x
P/S now vs peer median 2.7xmedian 3.1x -265.7xmedian 6.7x 1.5xmedian 3.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 7.0x -1.7xmedian 28.0x 11.5xmedian 7.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -34.7xmedian 15.2x 6.7xmedian 10.1x 30.9xmedian 15.2x
P/B now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 2.1x 0.9xmedian 1.2x 3.4xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.29 0.07median 45.36 -3.13median 0.29

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 monthsSIMARECSTLD
Revenue – -$312.74K $22.22B
Gross profit – $956.08K $3.53B
Operating income – -$6.29M $2.56B
Net income – -$79.01M $1.95B
Free cash flow – $12.37M $1.09B
R&D – -$1.22M –
EPS (diluted) – $0.20 $13.58
Cash & equivalents $1.59B $31.70M $928.56M
Total debt $67.31M $8.34M $4.20B
Shares (diluted) – 87.27M 143.62M
Enterprise value -$5.01B $7.30M $32.06B

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
MetricSIMARECSTLD
P/E 50.9x 4.8x 17.4x
P/FCF -34.7x 6.7x 30.9x
P/Operating cash flow – 6.5x 20.0x
P/S 2.7x -265.7x 1.5x
P/B 1.3x 0.9x 3.4x
P/Tangible book 1.4x 0.9x 3.5x
EV/EBITDA – -1.7x 11.5x
EV/EBIT – -1.9x 14.5x
EV/Revenue – -38.1x 1.7x
EV/FCF – 1.0x 33.8x
EV/Operating cash flow – 0.9x 21.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.07 -3.13

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSIMARECSTLD
Revenue growth (1Y) – 56.7% 26.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -26.2% 4.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 210.0% 53.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -62.3% -6.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 47.3% 82.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 31.4% -9.0%
Net income growth (1Y) – -517.7% 72.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -279.5% -10.0%
EPS growth (1Y) – 131.2% 77.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 68.3% -5.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 541.6% 11.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 71.1% -23.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 682.1% 252.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 89.3% -22.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSIMARECSTLD
Gross margin – – 15.9%
EBITDA margin – – 14.4%
Operating margin – – 11.5%
Pretax margin – – 11.2%
Net margin – – 8.8%
FCF margin – – 4.9%
Operating cash flow margin – -4,086% 7.6%
Return on equity – – 20.5%
Return on assets – 7.7% 11.2%
Return on invested capital – – 14.6%
Return on capital employed – -5.1% 17.1%
Asset turnover – 0.0x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – -0.2x 0.9x
Stock comp / revenue – -3,162% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSIMARECSTLD
Debt / assets 1.7% 0.6% 23.6%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.0x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – 10.4x 1.0x
Debt / FCF – 0.1x 3.8x
Liabilities / assets 16.9% 43.9% 44.8%
Equity / assets 83.1% 56.1% 55.2%
Interest coverage – – 18.4x
Current ratio 5.3x 2.2x 3.1x
Quick ratio 4.0x 1.2x 1.4x
Cash ratio 3.4x 1.2x 0.4x
Altman Z-score – -0.68 5.97

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSIMARECSTLD
Dividend yield – 3.7% 0.9%
Net buyback yield – -91.0% 2.5%
Shareholder yield 0.0% -87.4% 3.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 15.3%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 27.2%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 3.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 4.4%

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.

ConsensusSIMARECSTLD
Forward P/E 18.1xFY2026 – 13.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.43FY2026 $-0.30FY2026 $17.11FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +181.3%FY2026 – +114.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – +20.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $8.75MFY2026 $22.96BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +17,395.7%FY2026 +26.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +3,730.3% +15.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSIMARECSTLD
Held by institutions 0.1% 31.5% 82.7%
Institutions holding 12 99 1,022
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.3% -5.8% +1.2%
Institutions buying 1 67 501
Institutions selling 3 17 370
Buyers to sellers 0.33 3.94 1.35

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.

SIMARECSTLD
SIM 1.00 0.06 0.17
AREC 0.06 1.00 0.20
STLD 0.17 0.20 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SIM, AREC and STLD?

Steel Dynamics (STLD) is the largest by market capitalisation: GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V (SIM) $3.97B, American Resources (AREC) $89.78M, Steel Dynamics (STLD) $35.25B.

Which stock is cheaper, SIM, AREC and STLD?

American Resources (AREC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V (SIM) 50.9x, American Resources (AREC) 5.1x, Steel Dynamics (STLD) 18.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Steel Dynamics (STLD) is cheapest (GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V (SIM) 18.1x, Steel Dynamics (STLD) 13.9x). 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%, Steel Dynamics (STLD) +26.0%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Steel Dynamics (STLD) returned the most: GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V (SIM) -6.9%, American Resources (AREC) -71.9%, Steel Dynamics (STLD) +55.3%. Over five years, Steel Dynamics (STLD) compounded fastest (GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V (SIM) -0.5%/yr, American Resources (AREC) -13.7%/yr, Steel Dynamics (STLD) +29.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V (SIM) 0.00%, American Resources (AREC) 0.00%, Steel Dynamics (STLD) 0.01%. GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V (SIM) and American Resources (AREC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Steel Dynamics (STLD) has been the steadiest (GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. de C.V (SIM) 44.0%, American Resources (AREC) 96.7%, Steel Dynamics (STLD) 35.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, SIM, AREC and STLD?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Steel Dynamics (STLD) leads on 7. 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.