FTT vs. RUS, TIH, BBD.B, AC, ATS, EFN, SES, CAE, EIF, and BBU.UN
Should you be buying Finning International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Finning International include Russel Metals (RUS), Toromont Industries (TIH), Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B), Air Canada (AC), ATS (ATS), Element Fleet Management (EFN), Secure Energy Services (SES), CAE (CAE), Exchange Income (EIF), and Brookfield Business Partners (BBU.UN). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Russel Metals (TSE:RUS) and Finning International (TSE:FTT) are both mid-cap 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.
Russel Metals has a net margin of 5.54% compared to Russel Metals' net margin of 4.75%. Russel Metals' return on equity of 20.10% beat Finning International's return on equity.
Russel Metals received 5 more outperform votes than Finning International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.81% of users gave Russel Metals an outperform vote while only 65.98% of users gave Finning International an outperform vote.
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.
Russel Metals currently has a consensus price target of C$47.64, suggesting a potential upside of 22.38%. Finning International has a consensus price target of C$49.13, suggesting a potential upside of ∞. Given Russel Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Finning International is more favorable than Russel Metals.
In the previous week, Finning International had 8 more articles in the media than Russel Metals. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Finning International and 0 mentions for Russel Metals. Finning International's average media sentiment score of 2.00 beat Russel Metals' score of 0.23 indicating that Russel Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Russel Metals has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Finning International has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Russel Metals pays an annual dividend of C$1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Finning International pays an annual dividend of C$1.10 per share. Russel Metals pays out 42.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Finning International pays out 31.5% 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.
27.1% of Russel Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.3% of Finning International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Russel Metals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Finning International 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.
Summary
Finning International beats Russel Metals on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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