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Nucor Corporation (NUE) vs POSCO Holdings Inc. (PKX)

Nucor Corporation and POSCO Holdings Inc. are both Steel companies. Nucor Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $55.7B against $14.7B — 3.8× the size. Nucor Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 15.1× against 15.8×. Nucor Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 21.8% against 2.62%. Nucor Corporation has the higher net margin (9.24% vs 1.94%) and the higher return on invested capital (11.7% vs 1.66%). Both pay a dividend; POSCO Holdings Inc. yields more (3.17% vs 0.91%). Across the 22 metrics below, Nucor Corporation leads on 16 and POSCO Holdings Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric NUE PKX Steel median
P/E 15.05 15.78 16.37
P/S 1.44 0.30 0.70
P/B 2.32 0.33 1.10
Price to free cash flow 20.77 n/m 22.15
EV/EBITDA 10.46 4.24 8.16
EV/Sales 1.53 0.36 0.79
Earnings yield 6.64% 6.34% 5.02%
Free cash flow yield 4.81% (11.56%) 0.00%

Profitability

Metric NUE PKX Steel median
Gross margin 17.31% 7.86% 13.96%
Operating margin 13.29% 2.57% 6.93%
Net margin 9.24% 1.94% 3.14%
Free cash flow margin 6.94% (3.42%) 0.00%
Return on equity 15.59% 2.21% 2.21%
Return on assets 9.81% 1.31% 1.83%
Return on invested capital 11.71% 1.66% 3.18%

Growth

Metric NUE PKX Steel median
Revenue growth (TTM) 21.79% 2.62% 15.40%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (11.11%) (30.69%) (18.80%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.04% 0.99% 7.46%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 19.36% (17.50%) 0.00%

Health

Metric NUE PKX Steel median
Debt to equity 0.29 0.30 0.25
Current ratio 2.46 1.98 2.56
Net debt to EBITDA 1.07 0.10 0.10

Dividend

Metric NUE PKX Steel median
Dividend yield 0.91% 3.17% 1.20%
Payout ratio 0.14 0.50 0.36

Size

Metric NUE PKX Steel median
Market cap 55.74b 14.70b 2.07b

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