FTT vs. TIH, RUS, HDI, DBM, WJX, RME, AAO, RBA, GFL, and TFII
Should you be buying Finning International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Finning International include Toromont Industries (TIH), Russel Metals (RUS), Hardwoods Distribution (HDI), Doman Building Materials Group (DBM), Wajax (WJX), Rocky Mountain Equipment Alberta Ltd (RME.TO) (RME), IntellaEquity (AAO), RB Global (RBA), GFL Environmental (GFL), and TFI International (TFII). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Toromont Industries (TSE:TIH) and Finning International (TSE:FTT) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Toromont Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Finning International. Finning International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toromont Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
49.6% of Toromont Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.1% of Finning International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Toromont Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Finning International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Toromont Industries pays an annual dividend of C$1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Finning International pays an annual dividend of C$1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Toromont Industries pays out 30.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Finning International pays out 31.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Finning International received 147 more outperform votes than Toromont Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.98% of users gave Finning International an outperform vote while only 58.22% of users gave Toromont Industries an outperform vote.
Toromont Industries has a net margin of 11.38% compared to Toromont Industries' net margin of 4.75%.
Toromont Industries currently has a consensus target price of C$133.13, suggesting a potential upside of 11.83%. Finning International has a consensus target price of C$49.13, suggesting a potential upside of 20.67%. Given Toromont Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Finning International is more favorable than Toromont Industries.
In the previous week, Finning International had 6 more articles in the media than Toromont Industries. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Finning International and 3 mentions for Toromont Industries. Toromont Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Finning International's score of 0.20 indicating that Finning International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Toromont Industries has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Finning International has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Finning International beats Toromont Industries on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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