Manufactures finished long steel products, including rebar, merchant bar, and light structural sections. Recycles ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals. Now — the numbers.
Revenue is spread across several lines; no single product carries the company.
This is an established company with proven profits.
The market pays 87.8× for every dollar this company earns in a year — a price that already assumes things go well.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 78% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 22% above today's price.
Executives buying with their own money is usually read as confidence in the company’s future.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Profit indicators sit around the sector average.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly above the class average — a step short of the very top.
Clearly below the class average.
The price is looking for direction — no strong breakout, no collapse.
Growth: Sales growth trails the sector average.
Financial Strength: The cash-and-debt balance is thin; the buffer for hard times is slim.
The stock trades 19% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 58 buys and 29 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.
It pays out $0.76 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.
The company’s market value is 88 times its annual profit. Even a small disappointment could hit the price hard.
The growth engine is running at low revs right now. Report-card grade: 37/100.
The balance sheet offers little cushion against a rough stretch. Report-card grade: 42/100.
On our five-subject report card, CMC sits in the middle of the class: some subjects shine, others don’t. The grade moves as the numbers move.
The takeaway: CMC is an established business that has proven its profits for years. The real debate here isn’t the price — it’s whether the company can keep up this pace.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.