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Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (CLF) vs POSCO Holdings Inc. (PKX)

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. and POSCO Holdings Inc. are both Steel companies. POSCO Holdings Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $14.7B against $6.4B — 2.3× the size. Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; POSCO Holdings Inc. trades at 15.8×. Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.79% against 2.62%. POSCO Holdings Inc. has the higher net margin (1.94% vs −2.36%) and the higher return on invested capital (1.66% vs −1.30%). Across the 20 metrics below, POSCO Holdings Inc. leads on 14 and Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric CLF PKX Steel median
P/E n/m 15.78 16.37
P/S 0.32 0.30 0.70
P/B 1.09 0.33 1.10
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 22.15
EV/EBITDA 18.56 4.24 8.16
EV/Sales 0.71 0.36 0.79
Earnings yield (7.40%) 6.34% 5.02%
Free cash flow yield (7.47%) (11.56%) 0.00%

Profitability

Metric CLF PKX Steel median
Gross margin 1.54% 7.86% 13.96%
Operating margin (1.40%) 2.57% 6.93%
Net margin (2.36%) 1.94% 3.14%
Free cash flow margin (2.42%) (3.42%) 0.00%
Return on equity (8.10%) 2.21% 2.21%
Return on assets (2.33%) 1.31% 1.83%
Return on invested capital (1.30%) 1.66% 3.18%

Growth

Metric CLF PKX Steel median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.79% 2.62% 15.40%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (85.35%) (30.69%) (18.80%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 28.30% 0.99% 7.46%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (17.50%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CLF PKX Steel median
Debt to equity 1.28 0.30 0.25
Current ratio 1.87 1.98 2.56
Net debt to EBITDA (20.92) 0.10 0.10

Dividend

Metric CLF PKX Steel median
Dividend yield — 3.17% 1.20%
Payout ratio — 0.50 0.36

Size

Metric CLF PKX Steel median
Market cap 6.43b 14.70b 2.07b

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