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Best Steel Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top steel stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best steel stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best steel stocks to buy right now are:

Friedman Industries (NASDAQ:FRD) is the #1 top steel stock out of 23 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Friedman Industries (NASDAQ:FRD) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: A.

Friedman Industries (NASDAQ:FRD) has a Due Diligence Score of 28, which is -3 points lower than the steel industry average of 31. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates FRD as a "A".

FRD passed 10 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Friedman Industries has seen its stock return 45.16% over the past year, overperforming other steel stocks by 42 percentage points.

Commercial Metals Co (NYSE:CMC) is the #2 top steel stock out of 23 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Commercial Metals Co (NYSE:CMC) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Commercial Metals Co (NYSE:CMC) has a Due Diligence Score of 27, which is -4 points lower than the steel industry average of 31. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates CMC as a "A".

CMC passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Commercial Metals Co has seen its stock return 10.13% over the past year, overperforming other steel stocks by 7 percentage points.

Commercial Metals Co has an average 1 year price target of $65.33, an upside of 9.07% from Commercial Metals Co's current stock price of $59.90.

Commercial Metals Co stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 9 analysts covering Commercial Metals Co, 55.56% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 44.44% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Worthington Steel (NYSE:WS) is the #3 top steel stock out of 23 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Worthington Steel (NYSE:WS) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Worthington Steel (NYSE:WS) has a Due Diligence Score of 35, which is 4 points higher than the steel industry average of 31.

WS passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Worthington Steel has seen its stock lose -18.99% over the past year, underperforming other steel stocks by -22 percentage points.

Worthington Steel has an average 1 year price target of $36.00, an upside of 14.69% from Worthington Steel's current stock price of $31.39.

Worthington Steel stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Worthington Steel, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 10 steel stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 steel stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

National Steel Co (NYSE:SID) has an annual dividend yield of 5.44%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the steel industry average of 1.77%. National Steel Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% six times in the last 10 years. National Steel Co's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

National Steel Co's dividend payout ratio of -69.9% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Gerdau Sa (NYSE:GGB) has an annual dividend yield of 2.68%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the steel industry average of 1.77%. Gerdau Sa's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% fourteen times in the last 10 years. Gerdau Sa's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Gerdau Sa's dividend payout ratio of 39.6% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Mesabi Trust (NYSE:MSB) has an annual dividend yield of 1.95%, which is the same as the steel industry average of 1.77%. Mesabi Trust's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% fifteen times in the last 10 years. Mesabi Trust's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Mesabi Trust's dividend payout ratio of 99.3% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Steel stocks were down -2.3% in the last day, and up 3.18% over the last week. Cleveland Cliffs was the among the top losers in the steel industry, dropping -12.99% yesterday.

Cleveland-Cliffs shares are trading lower after the company announced a proposed offering of 75 million common shares.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued steel stocks right now are:

Arcelormittal (NYSE:MT) is the most undervalued steel stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Arcelormittal has a valuation score of 71, which is 42 points higher than the steel industry average of 29. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Arcelormittal's stock has gained 55.8% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the steel industry by 52 percentage points.

Friedman Industries (NASDAQ:FRD) is the second most undervalued steel stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Friedman Industries has a valuation score of 29, which is 0 points higher than the steel industry average of 29. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Friedman Industries's stock has gained 45.16% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the steel industry by 42 percentage points.

Worthington Steel (NYSE:WS) is the third most undervalued steel stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Worthington Steel has a valuation score of 43, which is 14 points higher than the steel industry average of 29. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Worthington Steel's stock has dropped -18.99% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the steel industry by -22 percentage points.

55.56% of steel stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect steel stocks to rise by 9.6% over the next year.

13.33% of steel stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 13.33% of steel stocks are rated B (Buy), 53.33% are rated C (Hold), 13.33% are rated D (Sell), and 6.67% are rated F (Strong Sell).