Russel Metals (RUSMF) Competitors

Andritz (OTCMKTS:ADRZF) and Russel Metals (OTCMKTS:RUSMF) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ADRZF or RUSMF?

Russel Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Andritz, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Andritz	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.07	50.60
Russel Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.73	15.24

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ADRZF or RUSMF?

34.0% of Andritz shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.7% of Russel Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ADRZF or RUSMF more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Andritz	N/A	N/A	N/A
Russel Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer ADRZF or RUSMF?

In the previous week, Russel Metals had 1 more articles in the media than Andritz. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Russel Metals and 0 mentions for Andritz. Andritz's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Russel Metals' score of -1.00 indicating that Andritz is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Andritz	Neutral
Russel Metals	Negative

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ADRZF or RUSMF?

Russel Metals received 41 more outperform votes than Andritz when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Andritz an outperform vote while only 44.21% of users gave Russel Metals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Andritz	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Russel Metals	Outperform Votes 42 44.21%	Underperform Votes 53 55.79%

Is ADRZF or RUSMF a better dividend stock?

Andritz pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Russel Metals pays an annual dividend of $1.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Andritz pays out 46.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Russel Metals pays out 82.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts recommend ADRZF or RUSMF?

Russel Metals has a consensus target price of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 47.50%. Given Russel Metals' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Russel Metals is more favorable than Andritz.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Andritz	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Russel Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

Russel Metals beats Andritz on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.