RUS vs. DBM, FTT, EIF, BBU.UN, CJT, SES, MDA, WTE, BDGI, and SIS
Should you be buying Russel Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Russel Metals include Doman Building Materials Group (DBM), Finning International (FTT), Exchange Income (EIF), Brookfield Business Partners (BBU.UN), Cargojet (CJT), Secure Energy Services (SES), MDA Space (MDA), Westshore Terminals Investment (WTE), Badger Infrastructure Solutions (BDGI), and Savaria (SIS). 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 superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.
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 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 has a net margin of 5.54% compared to Doman Building Materials Group's net margin of 3.03%. Russel Metals' return on equity of 14.72% beat Doman Building Materials Group's return on equity.
27.2% of Russel Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.6% of Doman Building Materials Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Russel Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Doman Building Materials Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Russel Metals pays an annual dividend of C$1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. 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 currently has a consensus target price of C$47.64, indicating a potential upside of 25.05%. Doman Building Materials Group has a consensus target price of C$9.88, indicating a potential upside of 37.34%. Given Doman Building Materials Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Doman Building Materials Group is more favorable than Russel Metals.
In the previous week, Russel Metals had 2 more articles in the media than Doman Building Materials Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Russel Metals and 2 mentions for Doman Building Materials Group. Doman Building Materials Group's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Russel Metals' score of 0.69 indicating that Doman Building Materials Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Russel Metals beats Doman Building Materials Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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