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Commercial Metals Company (CMC) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Commercial Metals Company recycles scrap metal and turns it into finished steel products, mainly reinforcing bar, merchant bar and wire rod, for construction customers. It runs steel operations in North America and Europe alongside a smaller group of adjacent businesses making fabricated rebar and related construction products.

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for CMC, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 45/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-11-03
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 76th percentile of the window, -20.6% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-11-02
  • Sector × region Industrials in US: +2.0% week · +0.7% month · −7.8% quarter · −0.8% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLI.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-11-03
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.63 · down 2.22 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-11-02
How it trades on rate days beta 0.89 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How CMC has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.89 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Commercial Metals Company moved 0.89% on average · correlation 0.24 · higher than 78% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.50 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.25% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.68% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Metal Fabrication · US · 7 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Metal Fabrication · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against CMC on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Commercial Metals Company

CMC in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Commercial Metals Company recycles scrap metal and turns it into finished steel products, mainly reinforcing bar, merchant bar and wire rod, for construction customers. It runs steel operations in North America and Europe alongside a smaller group of adjacent businesses making fabricated rebar and related construction products. It is based in Irving, Texas.
Where it sits in the stack
Commercial Metals has no seat in our index; it belongs to the Industrials sector of our universe, grouped with other US industrial names the diary scores. Its business sits upstream of construction activity rather than inside the AI build-out, so it is tracked as a broader industrial name, not a stack constituent.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group places it with other scored Industrials names from the US, including Allegheny Technologies and Applied Industrial Technologies, reflecting shared sector and country rather than shared end markets. The market also compares it with Nucor, another integrated steel producer.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Commercial Metals is not a Rubin constituent and carries no index seat, but it does carry a Closelooknet score across several modules. Capital allocation is its strongest module, quality its weakest; the diary has not yet quoted it in any edition.
What the diary watches
Whether construction demand and scrap input costs move together or apart, since that spread shapes the margin the diary is watching for signs of change.

Commercial Metals Company (CMC) trades on US exchanges, classified under Industrials.

The Closelooknet company score reads 52/100 composite (momentum 37, quality 40, valuation 63) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Barclays, 2026-10-20 · last print 2026-10-15

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for CMC from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Barclays — target 72 from 80 Target cut to $72 from $80 (+11.6% to spot) 2026-10-20
  • Price target BMO Capital — target 73 from 75 Target cut to $73 from $75 (+12.9% to spot) 2026-10-19
  • Latest print EPS 2.09 against 1.95 expected — a +7.2% beat 2026-10-15

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.18%, quarterly · buybacks 106 m USD in FY2026

Dividends and capital return

What CMC pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.78 USD per share · a 1.18% yield on the 2026-11-03 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-11-03
  • Change on the year +8.6% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.72 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.20 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-10-28
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.72 USD · 2026: 0.78 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-01-16
  • Dividends paid, FY2026 84 m USD 11% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2026 106 m USD 1.5% of today's market value
  • Share count −1.9% in FY2026 44 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 190 m USD · 40% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-04

Quick answers

What is Commercial Metals Company (CMC)?

Commercial Metals Company trades as CMC on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-04.

Is CMC in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Commercial Metals Company is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-11-04.

What is Commercial Metals Company's Closelooknet composite score?

52 out of 100, with momentum 37, quality 40 and valuation 63 sub-scores, as of 2026-11-04. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does CMC trade against its moving averages?

Commercial Metals Company trades 1.5% above its 50-day and 3.6% below its 200-day moving average (3.3% above its 20-day). As of 2026-11-03 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Commercial Metals Company compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Metal Fabrication · US), Commercial Metals Company (CMC) sits 21.3% below its 52-week high, 1.5% above its 50-day average; ATI Inc. (ATI) is 26.0% below, Carpenter Technology Corporation (CRS) is 52.6% below, Ryerson Holding Corporation (RYZ) is 5.1% below, as of 2026-11-03. Put any of them next to CMC in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Commercial Metals Company trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Commercial Metals Company had a beta of 0.89 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 78% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.25% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-11-03; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Commercial Metals Company do?

Commercial Metals Company recycles scrap metal and turns it into finished steel products, mainly reinforcing bar, merchant bar and wire rod, for construction customers. It runs steel operations in North America and Europe alongside a smaller group of adjacent businesses making fabricated rebar and related construction products. It is based in Irving, Texas. Closelooknet's peer group places it with other scored Industrials names from the US, including Allegheny Technologies and Applied Industrial Technologies, reflecting shared sector and country rather than shared end markets. The market also compares it with Nucor, another integrated steel producer. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Where does Commercial Metals Company sit in the AI build-out?

Commercial Metals has no seat in our index; it belongs to the Industrials sector of our universe, grouped with other US industrial names the diary scores. Its business sits upstream of construction activity rather than inside the AI build-out, so it is tracked as a broader industrial name, not a stack constituent. Commercial Metals is not a Rubin constituent and carries no index seat, but it does carry a Closelooknet score across several modules. Capital allocation is its strongest module, quality its weakest; the diary has not yet quoted it in any edition. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Does Commercial Metals Company pay a dividend?

Commercial Metals Company has paid 0.78 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.18% on the 2026-11-03 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.20 USD on 2026-10-28. In fiscal 2026 the company paid 84 m USD in dividends and bought back 106 m USD of its own shares, 40% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 1.9% over the fiscal year. As of 2026-11-03; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Commercial Metals Company recently?

The most recent analyst action on Commercial Metals Company on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Barclays on 2026-10-20 (target 72 from 80). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Its latest earnings print on the wire, 2026-10-15: EPS 2.09 against 1.95 expected — a +7.2% beat. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

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