RUS vs. FTT, HDI, DBM, WJX, RME, AAO, TIH, CAE, 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), Hardwoods Distribution (HDI), Doman Building Materials Group (DBM), Wajax (WJX), Rocky Mountain Equipment Alberta Ltd (RME.TO) (RME), IntellaEquity (AAO), Toromont Industries (TIH), CAE (CAE), SNC-Lavalin Group (SNC), and Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B). 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 superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
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.
Russel Metals has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Finning International has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Russel Metals presently has a consensus price target of C$47.64, indicating a potential upside of 23.49%. Finning International has a consensus price target of C$49.13, indicating a potential upside of 19.64%. Given Russel Metals' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Russel Metals is more favorable than Finning International.
Russel Metals has a net margin of 5.54% compared to Finning International's net margin of 4.75%. Finning International's return on equity of 20.10% beat Russel Metals' return on equity.
In the previous week, Finning International had 2 more articles in the media than Russel Metals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Finning International and 0 mentions for Russel Metals. Russel Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Finning International's score of -0.20 indicating that Russel Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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 2.7%. 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.
Summary
Finning International beats Russel Metals on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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