Gerdau SA's Sell recommendation is the conclusion of an analytical process that is proprietary and produced outcomes that were below average in 6 areas: an economic sector ranked below average in attractiveness, an industry group rated below average in attractiveness, a ranking in the company's sector that is in the middle third, ranking in its industry group that is in the third quarter, an analytical score that is near average, and a mathematical computation of risk/reward that is below average.

The Sell recommendation for Gerdau SA is the conclusion of a process of analysis that is proprietary which generated results that were above average in 2 areas: an economic sector ranked above average in attractiveness, and analytical scoring that is near average; and produced below average outcomes in 4 areas: an industry group ranked below average in attractiveness, a ranking in its sector group that is in the bottom eighth, ranking in its industry group that is in the bottom quarter, and a mathematical computation of risk/reward that is below average.

Gerdau SA (NYSE:GGB) is classified as a member of the 25 company Steel GICS industry group, which is part of the 150 company GICS Non-Energy Minerals sector. GGB has a market value of $5.3 billion which is in the upper half of its industry group. The current Portfolio Grader ranking for GGB puts it 21 among the 25 companies in this industry group, a spot that is well below-average; squarely in the bottom quartile of the sector with a ranking of 133 among the 150 companies in the sector, and number 3,704 in the nearly 5,000 company Portfolio Grader universe.

Gerdau SA (NYSE:GGB) is a $4.7 billion in market value member of the Steel GICS industry group where the ranking for GGB by Portfolio Grader places it 12 among the 25 companies in this industry group, placing it in the top half. GGB is ranked in the third quartile of the sector with a ranking of 104 among the 150 companies in the sector and number 2,845 in the 5000 company Portfolio Grader company universe.