Commercial Metals (CMC) closed at $64.97 on Oct 16, 2026, down 0.6% on the day. The stock is down 3.2% over the past month, down 0.8% over three months, down 5.6% year to date and up 9.8% over the past year. It trades 23.2% below its 52-week high of $84.60 and 16.7% above its 52-week low of $55.66. The close sits below its 50-day moving average ($66.88) and below its 200-day moving average ($69.48).
NextPick tracks CMC in its Steel/Iron Ore basket alongside RIO, NUE, MT, STLD and RS. As of Oct 16, 2026, the basket's money-flow score is 2 (neutral), and the basket is down 1.9% over five sessions. Over the past month CMC ranks 4th of 12 basket members by price change.
Over its last 8 reports the stock moved an average of 3.1% on the first trading day after earnings, beating the options-implied move in 1 of 8.
CMC options were pricing 39% at-the-money implied volatility on Oct 9, 2026, an IV rank of 42 over the past year.
Over the last 8 reports, CMC moved an average of 3.1% on the first trading day after earnings. The move beat the options-implied move in 1 of 8 reports.
No — the Oct 16, 2026 close of $64.97 is 6.5% below the 200-day average of $69.48.
CMC closed 23.2% below its 52-week high of $84.60.
NextPick groups CMC with RIO, NUE, MT, STLD and RS in its Steel/Iron Ore basket.
Commercial Metals Company manufactures, recycles, and fabricates steel and metal products, and related materials and services in the United States, Poland, China, and internationally. It operates through three segments: North America Steel Group; Europe Steel Group; and Emerging Businesses Group. The company processes and sells ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals to steel mills and foundries, aluminum sheet and ingot manufacturers, brass and bronze ingot makers, copper refineries and mills, secondary lead smelters, specialty steel mills, high temperature alloy manufacturers, and other consumers. It also manufactures and sells finished long steel products, including reinforcing bar, merchant bar, light structural, wire rod, and other special sections, as well as semi-finished billets for rerolling and forging applications. In addition, the company provides fabricated rebar used to reinforce concrete primarily in the construction of commercial and non-commercial buildings, hospitals, convention centers, industrial plants, power plants, highways, bridges, arenas, stadiums, and dams; sells and rents construction-related products and equipment to concrete installers and other businesses; and manufactures and sells strength bars for the truck trailer industry, special bar steels for the energy market, and armor plates for military vehicles. Further, it sells wire meshes, welded steel mesh, wire rod, cold rolled rebar, cold rolled wire rod, assembled rebar cages and other fabricated rebar by-products to fabricators, manufacturers, distributors, and construction companies. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.
