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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:

Mesabi Trust (NYSE:MSB) is the #1 top steel stock out of 25 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 Mesabi Trust (NYSE:MSB) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: A, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Mesabi Trust (NYSE:MSB) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 14 points higher than the steel industry average of 28.

MSB passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Mesabi Trust has seen its stock return 42.01% over the past year, overperforming other steel stocks by 64 percentage points.

Ascent Industries Co (NASDAQ:ACNT) is the #2 top steel stock out of 25 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 Ascent Industries Co (NASDAQ:ACNT) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Ascent Industries Co (NASDAQ:ACNT) has a Due Diligence Score of 21, which is -7 points lower than the steel industry average of 28. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates ACNT as a "B".

ACNT passed 8 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Ascent Industries Co has seen its stock return 19.72% over the past year, overperforming other steel stocks by 42 percentage points.

Grupo Simec Sab De CV (NYSEMKT:SIM) is the #3 top steel stock out of 25 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Grupo Simec Sab De CV (NYSEMKT:SIM) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Grupo Simec Sab De CV (NYSEMKT:SIM) has a Due Diligence Score of 28, which is equal to the steel industry average of 28.

SIM passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Grupo Simec Sab De CV has seen its stock lose -18.8% over the past year, overperforming other steel stocks by 3 percentage points.

Out of 9 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 13.26%, which is 11 percentage points higher than the steel industry average of 2.39%. 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 shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

National Steel Co's dividend payout ratio of -860.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Gerdau Sa (NYSE:GGB) has an annual dividend yield of 4.95%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the steel industry average of 2.39%. Gerdau Sa's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% sixteen 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 high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Radius Recycling (NASDAQ:RDUS) has an annual dividend yield of 1.94%, which is the same as the steel industry average of 2.39%. Radius Recycling's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Radius Recycling's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Radius Recycling's dividend payout ratio of -7.5% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Steel stocks were down -2.76% in the last day, and down -1.94% over the last week. Nucor was the among the top losers in the steel industry, dropping -5.78% yesterday.

Nucor shares are trading lower after the company issued Q1 adjusted EPS guidance below estimates.

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:

Mesabi Trust (NYSE:MSB) is the most undervalued steel stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Mesabi Trust has a valuation score of 57, which is 28 points higher than the steel industry average of 29. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Mesabi Trust's stock has gained 42.01% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the steel industry by 64 percentage points.

Worthington Steel (NYSE:WS) 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.

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 -17.98% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the steel industry by 4 percentage points.

Arcelormittal (NYSE:MT) 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.

Arcelormittal has a valuation score of 57, which is 28 points higher than the steel industry average of 29. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Arcelormittal's stock has gained 17.35% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the steel industry by 39 percentage points.

50% of steel stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect steel stocks to rise by 21.02% over the next year.

5.88% of steel stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 5.88% of steel stocks are rated B (Buy), 58.82% are rated C (Hold), 11.76% are rated D (Sell), and 17.65% are rated F (Strong Sell).