In the past week, CMC stock has gone up by 2.14%, with a monthly gain of 2.48% and a quarterly surge of 2.60%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.98%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 2.74% for Commercial Metals Co The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 2.18% for CMC’s stock, with a -1.18% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Commercial Metals Co (NYSE: CMC) Right Now?
Commercial Metals Co (NYSE: CMC) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 161.42x compared to its average ratio. CMC has 36-month beta value of 1.27. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 4 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 8 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for CMC is 110.85M, and currently, short sellers hold a 3.93% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of CMC on June 27, 2025 was 1.09M shares.
CMC) stock’s latest price update
Commercial Metals Co (NYSE: CMC)’s stock price has increased by 1.85 compared to its previous closing price of 49.18. However, the company has seen a 2.14% increase in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-06-24 that CMC’s Q3 earnings drop 27.5% Y/Y, but Europe and Emerging units deliver gains.
Analysts’ Opinion of CMC
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for CMC stocks, with JP Morgan repeating the rating for CMC by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for CMC in the upcoming period, according to JP Morgan is $52 based on the research report published on May 30, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Wolfe Research, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see CMC reach a price target of $50. The rating they have provided for CMC stocks is “Outperform” according to the report published on May 27th, 2025.
UBS gave a rating of “Neutral” to CMC, setting the target price at $54 in the report published on January 10th of the current year.
CMC Trading at 6.72% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought CMC to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -22.38% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at CMC starting from McPherson John R, who purchase 2,475 shares at the price of $40.42 back on Apr 04 ’25. After this action, McPherson John R now owns 15,141 shares of Commercial Metals Co, valued at $100,040 using the latest closing price.
MATT PETER R, the President and CEO of Commercial Metals Co, purchase 6,100 shares at $48.30 during a trade that took place back on Mar 27 ’25, which means that MATT PETER R is holding 129,417 shares at $294,630 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for CMC
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.06 for the present operating margin
- 0.15 for the gross margin
The net margin for Commercial Metals Co stands at 0.0. The total capital return value is set at 0.08. Equity return is now at value 0.88, with 0.54 for asset returns.
Based on Commercial Metals Co (CMC), the company’s capital structure generated 0.25 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.56. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.33. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 10.16.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 963.93 million with net debt to EBITDA at 2.42. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.8. The receivables turnover for the company is 6.64for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 1.1. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 2.86.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Commercial Metals Co (CMC) has had a better performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
