Both in Materials Manufacturing

Nucor vs Steel Dynamics

Over the past year NUE returned +84.9% and STLD returned +60.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.88.

NUE +84.9% STLD +60.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricNUESTLD
Price$273.87$250.80
Market cap$62.13B$35.67B
Today−0.52%−1.08%
1 month+16.1%+10.9%
6 months+21.2%+9.4%
Year to date+67.9%+48.0%
1 year+77.3%+53.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+23.0%+34.8%
Gross margin19.6%19.7%
Net margin11.1%11.6%
P/E (TTM)21.6×18.2×
Price / sales1.7×1.6×
Net cash-$4.41B-$3.28B
Dividend yield0.82%0.85%
Volatility (60d)32.3%36.3%
Short % of float2.2%2.9%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).