Russel Metals FY2025 EPS Forecast Reduced by Stifel Canada

Key Points

• Stifel Canada has reduced its FY2025 EPS forecast for Russel Metals from $3.14 to $3.13, highlighting potential challenges for the company.
• Despite the forecast reduction, Russel Metals maintains a "buy" rating from several analysts along with an average target price of C$52.00.
• The company recently declared a quarterly dividend of $0.43 per share, resulting in an annualized yield of 4.1% with a payout ratio of 58.48%.

Russel Metals Inc. (TSE:RUS - Free Report) - Analysts at Stifel Canada decreased their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Russel Metals in a report issued on Monday, September 29th. Stifel Canada analyst I. Gillies now expects that the company will post earnings of $3.13 per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of $3.14. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for Russel Metals' Q4 2025 earnings at $0.61 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.84 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.91 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $0.79 EPS.

Several other research analysts have also weighed in on RUS. TD Securities dropped their target price on Russel Metals from C$52.00 to C$50.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, August 11th. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their target price on Russel Metals from C$49.00 to C$48.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, September 19th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of C$52.00.

Russel Metals Stock Up 0.8%

TSE:RUS opened at C$41.68 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 3.37, a quick ratio of 1.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 20.28. Russel Metals has a 1-year low of C$34.62 and a 1-year high of C$46.87. The business's fifty day moving average price is C$41.84 and its 200 day moving average price is C$41.43. The firm has a market capitalization of C$2.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.42, a PEG ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 1.22.

Russel Metals Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 15th. Investors of record on Monday, September 15th were paid a dividend of $0.43 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 28th. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.1%. Russel Metals's dividend payout ratio is presently 58.48%.

Russel Metals Company Profile

Russel Metals Inc is a Canada-based metal distribution company. The company conducts business primarily through three metals distribution segments: metals service centers; energy products; and steel distributors. The metal service centers provide processing and distribution services to a broad base of end-users.

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