Stifel Canada Has Negative View of Russel Metals Q3 Earnings

Key Points

• Stifel Canada has lowered its Q3 2025 earnings per share estimate for Russel Metals from $0.79 to $0.70, indicating a weak outlook for the company.
• Despite the downgrade, Russel Metals maintains a consensus rating of "Buy" with a current average price target of C$52.20.
• The company recently declared a quarterly dividend of $0.43 per share, offering a dividend yield of 4.2%.

Russel Metals Inc. (TSE:RUS - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Stifel Canada reduced their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Russel Metals in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, September 18th. Stifel Canada analyst I. Gillies now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.70 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.79. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for Russel Metals' Q4 2025 earnings at $0.62 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.14 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.76 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.14 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also recently issued reports on RUS. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on Russel Metals from C$49.00 to C$48.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Friday. TD Securities lowered their price target on Russel Metals from C$52.00 to C$50.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, August 11th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of C$52.00.

Russel Metals Stock Performance

Shares of RUS traded down C$0.37 during trading hours on Friday, hitting C$40.32. The stock had a trading volume of 293,244 shares, compared to its average volume of 157,717. The firm has a market capitalization of C$2.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.95, a PEG ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 1.22. Russel Metals has a fifty-two week low of C$34.62 and a fifty-two week high of C$46.87. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of C$42.44 and a 200 day moving average price of C$41.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 20.28, a quick ratio of 1.44 and a current ratio of 3.37.

Russel Metals Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 15th were given a dividend of $0.43 per share. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, August 28th. Russel Metals's dividend payout ratio is currently 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.