DBM vs. RUS, HDI, WJX, RME, AAO, TIH, FTT, SVI, MSI, and EIF
Should you be buying Doman Building Materials Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Doman Building Materials Group include Russel Metals (RUS), Hardwoods Distribution (HDI), Wajax (WJX), Rocky Mountain Equipment Alberta Ltd (RME.TO) (RME), IntellaEquity (AAO), Toromont Industries (TIH), Finning International (FTT), StorageVault Canada (SVI), Morneau Shepell (MSI), and Exchange Income (EIF). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Russel Metals (TSE:RUS) and Doman Building Materials Group (TSE:DBM) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Russel Metals and Russel Metals both had 5 articles in the media. Russel Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat Doman Building Materials Group's score of 0.56 indicating that Doman Building Materials Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Russel Metals pays an annual dividend of C$1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Doman Building Materials Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Russel Metals pays out 42.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Doman Building Materials Group pays out 65.1% 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.
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.
Russel Metals received 102 more outperform votes than Doman Building Materials Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.82% of users gave Doman Building Materials Group an outperform vote while only 67.81% of users gave Russel Metals an outperform vote.
27.2% of Russel Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.6% of Doman Building Materials Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Russel Metals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Doman Building Materials Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Russel Metals has a net margin of 5.54% compared to Russel Metals' net margin of 3.03%. Doman Building Materials Group's return on equity of 14.72% beat Russel Metals' return on equity.
Russel Metals has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Doman Building Materials Group has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Russel Metals currently has a consensus price target of C$47.64, suggesting a potential upside of 30.28%. Doman Building Materials Group has a consensus price target of C$9.88, suggesting a potential upside of 37.53%. Given Russel Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Doman Building Materials Group is more favorable than Russel Metals.
Summary
Russel Metals beats Doman Building Materials Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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