Best Steel Stocks in the United States for 2026
Top-ranked Steel stocks in United States. Top Steel stocks ranked by 4-pillar fundamental composite score.
Steel producers earn the spread between iron-ore and scrap input costs and finished-steel pricing, which moves with industrial-production cycles plus trade-policy events. Composite scoring uses normalised mid-cycle EBITDA in the Valuation pillar and the Health pillar (net debt through the trough) gates names with no margin of safety.
Data as of (updated daily)
Top 20 Steel stocks in United States by composite score
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MSB.US | Mesabi Trust | 62.0 |
| 2 | FRD.US | Friedman Industries Inc. Common Stock | 58.5 |
| 3 | WS.US | Worthington Steel Inc | 57.6 |
| 4 | HUDI.US | Huadi International Group Co Ltd | 57.1 |
| 5 | HLP.US | Hongli Group Inc. Ordinary Shares | 56.6 |
| 6 | NWPX.US | Northwest Pipe Company | 55.7 |
| 7 | SIM.US | Grupo Simec SAB de CV ADR | 55.4 |
| 8 | INHD.US | Inno Holdings Inc. Common Stock | 55.3 |
| 9 | MTUS.US | Metallus, Inc | 50.8 |
| 10 | TX.US | Ternium SA ADR | 48.8 |
| 11 | NUE.US | Nucor Corp | 48.3 |
| 12 | LUD.US | Luda Technology Group Limited | 48.3 |
| 13 | ZKIN.US | ZK International Group Co Ltd | 44.5 |
| 14 | RS.US | Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co | 42.6 |
| 15 | GGB.US | Gerdau SA ADR | 42.5 |
| 16 | MT.US | ArcelorMittal SA ADR | 40.9 |
| 17 | SID.US | Companhia Siderurgica Nacional ADR | 38.9 |
| 18 | STLD.US | Steel Dynamics Inc | 38.2 |
| 19 | PKX.US | POSCO Holdings Inc | 36.3 |
| 20 | CLF.US | Cleveland-Cliffs Inc | 34.3 |
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Methodology: How we score stocks. Data refreshed nightly around 03:30 ET. This page lists the top 20 by composite score within the Steel industry, the United States. Use the screener for the full ranked list.