RUS vs. FTT, ADEN, DBM, WJX, RME, AAO, TIH, BBD.B, SNC, and AC
Should you be buying Russel Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Russel Metals include Finning International (FTT), ADENTRA (ADEN), Doman Building Materials Group (DBM), Wajax (WJX), Rocky Mountain Equipment Alberta Ltd (RME.TO) (RME), IntellaEquity (AAO), Toromont Industries (TIH), Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B), SNC-Lavalin Group (SNC), and Air Canada (AC). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Russel Metals vs.
Russel Metals (TSE:RUS) 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 profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Russel Metals has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Finning International has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Finning International had 1 more articles in the media than Russel Metals. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Finning International and 2 mentions for Russel Metals. Russel Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Finning International's score of -0.52 indicating that Russel Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Russel Metals presently has a consensus target price of C$50.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.44%. Finning International has a consensus target price of C$48.25, suggesting a potential upside of 25.65%. Given Finning International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Finning International is more favorable than Russel Metals.
Russel Metals received 7 more outperform votes than Finning International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.47% of users gave Russel Metals an outperform vote while only 65.60% of users gave Finning International an outperform vote.
Russel Metals has a net margin of 4.87% compared to Finning International's net margin of 4.65%. Finning International's return on equity of 20.14% beat Russel Metals' return on equity.
Finning International has higher revenue and earnings than Russel Metals. Finning International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Russel Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
26.9% of Russel Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.1% of Finning International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Russel Metals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Finning International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Russel Metals pays an annual dividend of C$1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Finning International pays an annual dividend of C$1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Russel Metals pays out 49.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Finning International pays out 31.3% 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.
Summary
Finning International beats Russel Metals on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:RUS) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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