CMC

Commercial Metals Company

Sector: basic materialsSteelNYSEMarket Cap: $8.52B

Commercial Metals Company (CMC) is a recycler and manufacturer of steel and metal products, with a single director purchase of $149,380 in January 2026 as the sole political-evidentiary signal amid no federal contracts, lobbying, or congressional trading.

Govt Dependence

0/100

Regulatory Density

65/100

Lobbying Intensity

0/100

Political Signal

NEUTRAL

BusinessWhat CMC does

Commercial Metals Company operates through a vertically integrated model, recycling ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal and manufacturing finished steel products, including rebar, merchant bar, and structural sections. Its revenue lines are derived from steel mills, fabrication, and recycling operations, serving construction and industrial markets.

6 months past · 3 months futureCMC activity timeline

Congress

buy sell

Insider · Form 4

open-market buy

Hedge fund · 13F

opened + added − trimmed closed holds

Bills

past action (this ticker) upcoming markup (sector) ★ carveout (this ticker)

77 trading days · 0 congressional trades shown · 1 insider buys · 0 13F filings · 0 past bill actions · 0 upcoming markups

Lifetime Government AwardsCMC federal contracts

CMC doesn't hold direct federal contracts.

Verified via USASpending.gov: $0 reported in direct prime-contract awards. Companies in this position typically sell federal services indirectly through prime contractors and integrators (e.g., Lockheed Martin, Booz Allen, Microsoft Azure) or through commercial channels that don't appear in USASpending data.

Congressional TradesWho in Congress is trading CMC

2016-02-01 (unknown) Sale $1,001 - $15,000

2016-02-01 (unknown) sale $1,001 - $15,000

2016-01-19 (unknown) Purchase $1,001 - $15,000

2016-01-19 (unknown) purchase $1,001 - $15,000

2015-12-16 (unknown) sale $1,001 - $15,000

2015-12-16 (unknown) Sale $1,001 - $15,000

2015-10-19 (unknown) Purchase $1,001 - $15,000

2015-10-19 (unknown) purchase $1,001 - $15,000

8+ trades on file · most recent 2016-03-03

Corporate Insiders · Form 4What CEOs, CFOs, and directors are doing with their own stock

Open-market buys

Insider signal score 40/100 · 1 distinct insiders · 1 open-market buys totaling $149K in the last 180 days.

2026-01-20 ARRIOLA DENNIS V BUY 2,000 sh $149K

Stock awards & option exercises

stock awards · $1.4M market value

2026-04-15 McPherson John R Director AWARD 42 sh $3K

2026-04-15 ARRIOLA DENNIS V Director AWARD 22 sh $1K

2026-04-15 Perkins Tandra C Director AWARD 19 sh $1K

2026-04-15 WETHERBEE ROBERT S Director AWARD 7 sh $454

2026-04-15 HICKTON DAWNE S Director AWARD 4 sh $260

2026-04-01 MCCULLOUGH GARY E Director AWARD 576 sh $36K

2026-04-01 McPherson John R Director AWARD 576 sh $36K

2026-02-02 McPherson John R Director AWARD 31 sh $2K

For CMC, executives receive stock primarily as compensation rather than via open-market purchases — typical for established large-cap firms.

Political ProfileWhere CMC sits in Washington

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STRUCTURAL: No lobbying spend (get_political_influence.lobbying.total_income: 0), no federal contracts (get_government_precedent.federal_contracts_summary: null), and no congressional trades (Top congressional traders array empty). EVIDENTIARY: One director purchase of $149,380 on 2026-01-20 (get_corporate_insider_signal.top_buys[0]) and three other insider buys totaling ~$544k in 2025-2026 (Recent corp insider Form 4 buys array). Net: Evidentiary insider buys offset by absence of structural political engagement.

Regulatory ExposureThreats & opportunities

Regulatory threats

Environmental regulations on steel production emissions

Environmental Protection Agency

"get_political_influence.lobbying.issue_areas is null, but sector typicality implies EPA exposure"

Regulatory opportunities

Infrastructure bill provisions favoring domestic steel procurement

Department of Transportation

"Recent bill_impacts array is empty, but sector stands to benefit from federal infrastructure spending"

Member intelligence layer

Live signals + predictions for CMC — for Founders

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Live 7-layer signal scores when Congress trades CMC
Bill Pass Index v2 odds for every bill on the watch list
Iron Triangle alerts (committee × donor × trade)
SEC Form 4 cluster detection (CEO + CFO + director buys)
Whale-Opportunity expected-value ranking
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Frequently AskedAbout CMC & political exposure

Does Commercial Metals Company (CMC) hold federal contracts?

No direct prime contracts reported in USASpending.gov for Commercial Metals Company. Companies in the semiconductor and AI hardware sectors often sell to the federal government via prime contractors and cloud resellers (Microsoft Azure, AWS, Lockheed Martin systems integration) rather than as direct primes.

Has Congress traded CMC stock?

8 congressional trades by 1 unique members of Congress, most recently on 2016-02-01. See the Congressional Trading panel for politician-by-politician breakdown.

What is CMC political risk profile?

Government dependence: 0/100. Lobbying intensity: 0/100. Political signal: neutral. Donor party split: R 0% / D 0%.

How does GovGreed track CMC political activity?

GovGreed integrates STOCK Act congressional trade disclosures, FEC contributions, OGE executive-branch disclosures, USASpending federal contracts, Senate LDA lobbying filings, and SEC Form 4 corporate insider trades into a single queryable graph. CMC data is updated daily from these official federal sources.