COMPARE · Data as of August 21, 2026
HMY vs NUE
Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. HMY scored 72.8, NUE scored 42.5 — HMY leads.
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HMY
Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd
72.8
$23.54 · $221.0B
Score gap
30.3
HMY leads
NUE
Nucor Corporation
42.5
$243.63 · $55.3B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
- CheapestHMY12.5x
- Fastest growthHMY+20.9%
- Strongest balance sheetHMY0.05
- Highest qualityHMY89 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
HMY
stronger →← stronger
NUE
89
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
63
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
87
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
24
HMY is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
HMY
NUE
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FCF
$1.6bC+
+20.9%A-
Rev
+17.2%B+
0.05A
D/E
0.31B
12.5xB+
P/E
19.5xB
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PEG
5.21D
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
HMY
NUE
—
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
312% above
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Growth the price implies10-yr FCF · lower = less priced in
~42%/yr
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1-yr DCF upside
-75%
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5-yr DCF upside
-76%
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10-yr DCF upside
-76%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
HMY
Why this score
- Raising its dividend
- Durable high returns
- Cyclical growth
NUE
Why this score
- Cyclical growth
The companies
HMYHarmony Gold Mining Company Ltd
Why now
Metals & Mining · market cap $221.0b. Down 100% from 52-week high of $42888.00 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +21%, comfortably above the S&P median.
Moat
Net margin 20% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 33% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. $221.0b market cap places it among the largest companies in the sector — distribution, R&D, and customer-acquisition costs amortize across a base peers can't replicate.
Risk
Down 100% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Beta 2.36 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. Jurisdictional + permitting risk — mining and extraction operations concentrate exposure to political stability, royalty regimes, and environmental review timelines that can stall production for years.
NUENucor Corporation
Why now
Steel · market cap $55.3b. 13% off the 52-week high of $280.11. Revenue growing +17%, comfortably above the S&P median. 16 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $282.81 (implying +16% upside).
Moat
ROE 13% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. $55.3b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Beta 1.89 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where HMY and NUE diverge
On the headline score the gap is 30.3 points in favor of HMY. The widest single difference is Value, where HMY leads by 62.4 points.
- ValueHMY 86.7 · NUE 24.3HMY +62.4
- QualityHMY 89.2 · NUE 63.2HMY +26.0
- GrowthHMY 50.0 · NUE 50.0level
Pillars run 0–100 against sector peers, so a score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.