Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE:CLF – Get Free Report) and Almonty Industries (NASDAQ:ALM – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations for Cleveland-Cliffs and Almonty Industries, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Cleveland-Cliffs | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Almonty Industries | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3.00 |
Cleveland-Cliffs currently has a consensus price target of $12.06, suggesting a potential upside of 1.82%. Almonty Industries has a consensus price target of $26.81, suggesting a potential upside of 75.60%. Given Almonty Industries’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Almonty Industries is more favorable than Cleveland-Cliffs.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Cleveland-Cliffs | $18.61 billion | 0.36 | -$1.48 billion | ($1.62) | -7.31 |
| Almonty Industries | $23.27 million | 189.05 | -$115.88 million | $0.16 | 95.43 |
Almonty Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cleveland-Cliffs. Cleveland-Cliffs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Almonty Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
67.7% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Cleveland-Cliffs and Almonty Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Cleveland-Cliffs | -4.56% | -13.37% | -3.96% |
| Almonty Industries | 125.89% | 9.19% | 3.97% |
Volatility & Risk
Cleveland-Cliffs has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Almonty Industries has a beta of 3.75, suggesting that its share price is 275% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Almonty Industries beats Cleveland-Cliffs on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Cleveland-Cliffs
Cleveland-Cliffs is the largest flat-rolled steel company and the largest iron ore pellet producer in North America. The company is vertically integrated from mining through iron making, steelmaking, rolling, finishing and downstream with hot and cold stamping of steel parts and components. The company was formerly known as Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. and changed its name to Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. in August 2017. Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. was founded in 1847 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.
About Almonty Industries
Almonty Industries Inc. is a producer of tungsten concentrate. The Company is currently mining, processing and shipping tungsten concentrate from its Panasqueira Mine in Portugal. Almonty Industries Inc. is based in TORONTO.
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