FTT vs. RUS, TIH, BBD.B, AC, ATS, CAE, EFN, SES, 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), CAE (CAE), Element Fleet Management (EFN), Secure Energy Services (SES), 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.
Russel Metals has a net margin of 5.92% compared to Russel Metals' net margin of 4.97%. Russel Metals' return on equity of 20.88% beat Finning International's return on equity.
Russel Metals has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Finning International has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
27.1% of Russel Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.2% of Finning International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Russel Metals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Finning International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Russel Metals presently has a consensus price target of C$47.64, indicating a potential upside of 20.61%. Finning International has a consensus price target of C$47.63, indicating a potential upside of 10.96%. Given Finning International's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly 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 pays an annual dividend of C$1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Finning International pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Russel Metals pays out 37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Finning International pays out 28.2% 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 received 9 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.
In the previous week, Russel Metals had 5 more articles in the media than Finning International. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Russel Metals and 3 mentions for Finning International. Russel Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Finning International's score of -0.32 indicating that Finning International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Finning International beats Russel Metals on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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