Doman Building Materials Group (DBM) Competitors

Doman Building Materials Group (TSE:DBM) and Russel Metals (TSE:RUS) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

Is DBM or RUS a better dividend stock?

Doman Building Materials Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Russel Metals pays an annual dividend of C$1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Doman Building Materials Group pays out 77.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Russel Metals pays out 49.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of DBM or RUS?

4.4% of Doman Building Materials Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.9% of Russel Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 20.0% of Doman Building Materials Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Russel Metals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DBM or RUS?

Russel Metals received 101 more outperform votes than Doman Building Materials Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.54% of users gave Doman Building Materials Group an outperform vote while only 67.47% of users gave Russel Metals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Doman Building Materials Group	Outperform Votes 457 72.54%	Underperform Votes 173 27.46%
Russel Metals	Outperform Votes 558 67.47%	Underperform Votes 269 32.53%

Does the media favor DBM or RUS?

In the previous week, Doman Building Materials Group and Doman Building Materials Group both had 2 articles in the media. Russel Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Doman Building Materials Group's score of -1.01 indicating that Russel Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Doman Building Materials Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Russel Metals	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate DBM or RUS?

Doman Building Materials Group presently has a consensus price target of C$11.29, suggesting a potential upside of 38.14%. Russel Metals has a consensus price target of C$50.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.42%. Given Doman Building Materials Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Doman Building Materials Group is more favorable than Russel Metals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Doman Building Materials Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20
Russel Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Is DBM or RUS more profitable?

Russel Metals has a net margin of 4.87% compared to Doman Building Materials Group's net margin of 2.56%. Russel Metals' return on equity of 12.67% beat Doman Building Materials Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Doman Building Materials Group	2.56%	10.63%	4.52%
Russel Metals	4.87%	12.67%	6.48%

Which has more risk and volatility, DBM or RUS?

Doman Building Materials Group has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Russel Metals has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, DBM or RUS?

Russel Metals has higher revenue and earnings than Doman Building Materials Group. Doman Building Materials Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Russel Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Doman Building Materials Group	C$2.46B	0.29	C$63.04M	C$0.72	11.35
Russel Metals	C$4.26B	0.57	C$207.40M	C$3.43	12.13

Summary

Russel Metals beats Doman Building Materials Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.