Russel Metals (RUS) Competitors

Finning International (TSE:FTT) and Russel Metals (TSE:RUS) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.

Do analysts rate FTT or RUS?

Finning International currently has a consensus target price of C$49.33, suggesting a potential upside of 15.91%. Russel Metals has a consensus target price of C$51.21, suggesting a potential upside of 24.37%. Given Russel Metals' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Russel Metals is more favorable than Finning International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Finning International	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Russel Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FTT or RUS?

Russel Metals received 8 more outperform votes than Finning International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.35% of users gave Russel Metals an outperform vote while only 65.36% of users gave Finning International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Finning International	Outperform Votes 551 65.36%	Underperform Votes 292 34.64%
Russel Metals	Outperform Votes 559 67.35%	Underperform Votes 271 32.65%

Is FTT or RUS more profitable?

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
Finning International	4.54%	19.69%	7.28%
Russel Metals	4.27%	11.03%	6.48%

Does the media prefer FTT or RUS?

In the previous week, Russel Metals had 12 more articles in the media than Finning International. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Russel Metals and 7 mentions for Finning International. Russel Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Finning International's score of 0.48 indicating that Russel Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Finning International	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Russel Metals	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in FTT or RUS?

43.1% of Finning International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.9% of Russel Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Finning International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Russel Metals shares are owned by company 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.

Is FTT or RUS a better dividend stock?

Finning International pays an annual dividend of C$1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Russel Metals pays an annual dividend of C$1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Finning International pays out 30.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Russel Metals pays out 54.1% 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.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FTT or RUS?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Finning International	C$10.96B	0.53	C$497.82M	C$3.58	11.90
Russel Metals	C$4.17B	0.57	C$178.38M	C$3.10	13.27

Which has more risk & volatility, FTT or RUS?

Finning International has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Russel Metals has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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