FTT vs. RUS, TIH, AC, BBD.B, ATS, CAE, SES, EFN, 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), Air Canada (AC), Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B), ATS (ATS), CAE (CAE), Secure Energy Services (SES), Element Fleet Management (EFN), 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 companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
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 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 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 2.6%. 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.
Russel Metals currently has a consensus price target of C$47.64, suggesting a potential upside of 24.33%. Finning International has a consensus price target of C$49.13, suggesting a potential upside of 14.08%. Given Finning International's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Russel Metals is more favorable than Finning International.
Finning International has higher revenue and earnings than Russel Metals. Russel Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Finning International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
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.
27.2% of Russel Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.1% of Finning International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Finning International had 8 more articles in the media than Russel Metals. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Finning International and 4 mentions for Russel Metals. Finning International's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Russel Metals' score of 0.85 indicating that Russel Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Finning International beats Russel Metals on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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