Both in Materials Manufacturing

Steel Dynamics vs Nucor

Over the past year STLD returned +58.8% and NUE returned +84.7%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.88.

STLD +58.8% NUE +84.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricSTLDNUE
Price$247.66$273.53
Market cap$35.22B$62.06B
Today−1.69%−1.48%
1 month+2.7%+8.8%
6 months+4.3%+17.9%
Year to date+46.2%+67.7%
1 year+57.9%+82.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)+34.8%+23.0%
Gross margin19.7%19.6%
Net margin11.6%11.1%
P/E (TTM)18.0×21.5×
Price / sales1.6×1.7×
Net cash-$3.28B-$4.41B
Dividend yield0.86%0.82%
Volatility (60d)36.1%32.6%
Short % of float3.0%2.2%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).