ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) Issues Quarterly Earnings Results

ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MTGet Free Report) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The basic materials company reported $1.16 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.23, Briefing.com reports. The business had revenue of $16.28 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $16.67 billion. ArcelorMittal had a return on equity of 8.24% and a net margin of 1.15%. ArcelorMittal’s revenue for the quarter was down 12.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.27 EPS.

ArcelorMittal Stock Performance

MT stock opened at $26.22 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $21.12 billion, a PE ratio of 29.46, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.42 and a beta of 1.93. The company has a current ratio of 1.53, a quick ratio of 0.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $26.41 and a 200-day moving average price of $26.00. ArcelorMittal has a 1-year low of $21.30 and a 1-year high of $29.15.

ArcelorMittal Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a Semi-Annual dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, June 12th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 17th will be given a dividend of $0.213 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 16th. ArcelorMittal’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 41.57%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently commented on the company. StockNews.com lowered ArcelorMittal from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, March 4th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “hold” rating and issued a $31.00 price objective (down from $34.00) on shares of ArcelorMittal in a report on Tuesday, April 16th.

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About ArcelorMittal

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ArcelorMittal SA, together with its subsidiaries, operates as integrated steel and mining companies in the United States, Europe, and internationally. It offers semi-finished flat products, including slabs; finished flat products comprising plates, hot- and cold-rolled coils and sheets, hot-dipped and electro-galvanized coils and sheets, tinplate, and color coated coils and sheets; semi-finished long products, such as blooms and billets; finished long products consisting of bars, wire-rods, structural sections, rails, sheet piles, and wire-products; and seamless and welded pipes and tubes.

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