Comparing NIPPON STL & SU/S (NSSMY) & The Competition

Dividends

NIPPON STL & SU/S pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. NIPPON STL & SU/S pays out 12.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.3% and pay out 10.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. NIPPON STL & SU/S lags its rivals as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares NIPPON STL & SU/S and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
NIPPON STL & SU/S	$51.19 billion	$1.76 billion	1.58
NIPPON STL & SU/S Competitors	$169.60 billion	$266.77 million	-21.83

NIPPON STL & SU/S’s rivals have higher revenue, but lower earnings than NIPPON STL & SU/S. NIPPON STL & SU/S is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares NIPPON STL & SU/S and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NIPPON STL & SU/S	4.50%	8.09%	3.70%
NIPPON STL & SU/S Competitors	-1,158,604,987,491,368,400.00%	48.40%	-2.30%

Volatility and Risk

NIPPON STL & SU/S has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NIPPON STL & SU/S’s rivals have a beta of 0.99, suggesting that their average stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.0% of NIPPON STL & SU/S shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

NIPPON STL & SU/S rivals beat NIPPON STL & SU/S on 6 of the 11 factors compared.

About NIPPON STL & SU/S

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation engages in steelmaking and steel fabrication businesses worldwide. It operates in five segments: Steelmaking and Steel Fabrication, Engineering and Construction, Chemicals, New materials, and System Solutions. The company offers steel plates; hot- and cold-rolled steel sheets and coils, coated steel sheets, color coated steel sheets, electrolytic tin plates, and electrical steel sheets; bar and rod materials; and structural steel products. It also provides pipes and tubes; and railway, automotive, and construction and industrial machinery parts, such as railway wheels, driving mechanisms, axles, couplers, bogie trucks, brake disks, control bogies, brake calipers, test equipment, crankshafts and front axles, aluminum wheels, permanent magnet retarders, die materials, mill rolls, circular forgings, forged products for power generation, and shape-memory alloys. In addition, the company offers titanium products for use in automobiles, architecture, civil engineering and ocean development, aircraft, sports gears and consumer products, welded tubes, PHE, and chemical and electrolytic fields; stainless steel sheets, shapes, plates, and wire rods, as well as strips, clad steel sheets, nickel and nickel alloy products, and crystal series products; and steel slags. Further, it manufactures and markets industrial machinery and equipment; performs construction work under contract; and engages in waste processing and recycling activities, as well as in supplying electricity, gas, and heat. Additionally, the company offers coal-based chemical products and petrochemicals, as well as electronic materials; and materials for semiconductors and electronic parts, carbon fiber and composite products, and products that apply technologies for metal processing. It also provides computer systems engineering and consulting services; and IT-enabled outsourcing and other services. The company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.