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Gerdau S.A. (GGB) vs Nucor Corporation (NUE)

Gerdau S.A. and Nucor Corporation are both Steel companies. Nucor Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $56.8B against $6.3B — 9.0× the size. Nucor Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 20.1× against 22.3×. Nucor Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 17.2% against 9.42%. Nucor Corporation has the higher net margin (7.96% vs 3.40%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.41% vs 4.96%). Both pay a dividend; Gerdau S.A. yields more (2.92% vs 0.89%). Across the 23 metrics below, Nucor Corporation leads on 12 and Gerdau S.A. on 11.

Valuation

Metric GGB NUE Steel median
P/E 22.35 20.08 21.08
P/S 0.77 1.59 0.74
P/B 0.95 2.47 1.27
Price to free cash flow 15.54 35.72 24.99
EV/EBITDA 7.03 10.90 9.89
EV/Sales 0.90 1.72 0.91
Earnings yield 4.47% 4.98% 4.42%
Free cash flow yield 6.44% 2.80% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric GGB NUE Steel median
Gross margin 13.16% 15.47% 13.91%
Operating margin 7.45% 11.55% 4.77%
Net margin 3.40% 7.96% 3.40%
Free cash flow margin 4.94% 4.46% 0.00%
Return on equity 4.39% 12.84% 2.21%
Return on assets 2.84% 8.07% 1.83%
Return on invested capital 4.96% 9.41% 2.52%

Growth

Metric GGB NUE Steel median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.42% 17.19% 15.09%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (70.00%) (11.11%) (18.80%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.04% 10.04% 6.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (11.55%) 19.36% 0.00%

Health

Metric GGB NUE Steel median
Debt to equity 0.26 0.31 0.25
Current ratio 2.87 2.51 2.58
Net debt to EBITDA 1.07 1.07 0.10

Dividend

Metric GGB NUE Steel median
Dividend yield 2.92% 0.89% 1.31%
Payout ratio 0.65 0.18 0.48

Size

Metric GGB NUE Steel median
Market cap 6.34b 56.79b 1.70b

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