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Russel Metals (RUS) Competitors

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C$38.19 -0.19 (-0.50%)
As of 04/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

RUS vs. FTT, DBM, ADEN, WJX, RME, AAO, TIH, EFN, SNC, and BBD.B

Should you be buying Russel Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Russel Metals include Finning International (FTT), Doman Building Materials Group (DBM), ADENTRA (ADEN), Wajax (WJX), Rocky Mountain Equipment Alberta Ltd (RME.TO) (RME), IntellaEquity (AAO), Toromont Industries (TIH), Element Fleet Management (EFN), SNC-Lavalin Group (SNC), and Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B). 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 stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and risk.

Russel Metals pays an annual dividend of C$1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Finning International pays an annual dividend of C$1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Russel Metals pays out 54.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Finning International pays out 30.8% 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 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Russel MetalsC$4.17B0.52C$178.38MC$3.1012.30
Finning InternationalC$10.96B0.48C$497.82MC$3.5810.68

Russel Metals currently has a consensus target price of C$52.17, indicating a potential upside of 36.60%. Finning International has a consensus target price of C$50.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.92%. Given Russel Metals' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Russel Metals is more favorable than Finning International.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Russel Metals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Finning International
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

26.9% of Russel Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.1% of Finning International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Russel Metals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Finning International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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, Russel Metals had 4 more articles in the media than Finning International. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Russel Metals and 3 mentions for Finning International. Russel Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat Finning International's score of -0.48 indicating that Russel Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Russel Metals
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Finning International
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Russel Metals received 9 more outperform votes than Finning International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.43% of users gave Russel Metals an outperform vote while only 65.33% of users gave Finning International an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Russel MetalsOutperform Votes
561
67.43%
Underperform Votes
271
32.57%
Finning InternationalOutperform Votes
552
65.33%
Underperform Votes
293
34.67%

Finning International has a net margin of 4.54% compared to Russel Metals' net margin of 4.27%. Finning International's return on equity of 19.69% beat Russel Metals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Russel Metals4.27% 11.03% 6.48%
Finning International 4.54%19.69%7.28%

Summary

Finning International beats Russel Metals on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RUS vs. The Competition

MetricRussel MetalsIndustrial Distribution IndustryIndustrials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$2.19BC$3.45BC$6.61BC$5.52B
Dividend Yield4.01%4.76%3.60%6.83%
P/E Ratio12.3014.1820.2729.92
Price / Sales0.5247.6575.31567.99
Price / Cash8.8860.3626.9983.20
Price / Book1.391.603.563.53
Net IncomeC$178.38MC$222.68MC$800.18MC$300.83M
7 Day Performance0.61%0.55%1.85%3.56%
1 Month Performance-2.48%-2.01%-3.93%-2.60%
1 Year Performance-3.63%-15.44%10.60%11.55%

Russel Metals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RUS
Russel Metals
3.6617 of 5 stars
C$38.19
-0.5%
C$52.17
+36.6%
-3.6%C$2.19BC$4.17B12.303,500Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
FTT
Finning International
3.5066 of 5 stars
C$36.52
+0.7%
C$49.89
+36.6%
-9.2%C$5.02BC$10.96B10.21147,000
DBM
Doman Building Materials Group
3.5391 of 5 stars
C$6.57
-0.3%
C$10.64
+62.0%
-12.9%C$574.21MC$2.49B10.151,232Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
ADEN
ADENTRA
N/A$26.61
-0.9%
N/A-9.9%$469.83M$1.68B9.072,828Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
WJX
Wajax
3.0878 of 5 stars
C$16.02
-3.9%
C$23.50
+46.7%
-47.0%C$350.11MC$2.09B6.573,200Negative News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
RME
Rocky Mountain Equipment Alberta Ltd (RME.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$142.50MC$767.30M21.088,160High Trading Volume
AAO
IntellaEquity
N/AC$0.01
+∞
N/A+0.0%C$2.56MC$3.08M-2.503,670Gap Up
TIH
Toromont Industries
2.7293 of 5 stars
C$109.69
-1.8%
C$136.06
+24.0%
-12.9%C$8.95BC$4.99B17.817,000Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
EFN
Element Fleet Management
1.6094 of 5 stars
C$27.74
-2.6%
C$34.00
+22.6%
+39.8%C$7.95BC$1.49B23.022,700News Coverage
Positive News
SNC
SNC-Lavalin Group
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$7.63BC$7.94B92.5333,876News Coverage
High Trading Volume
BBD.B
Bombardier, Inc. Class B
1.8816 of 5 stars
C$76.17
+0.1%
C$114.67
+50.5%
+47.6%C$6.59BC$8.40B19.73N/AAnalyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up

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This page (TSE:RUS) was last updated on 4/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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