Doman Building Materials Group (DBM) Competitors

Doman Building Materials Group (TSE:DBM) and Russel Metals (TSE:RUS) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in DBM or RUS?

4.0% of Doman Building Materials Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of Russel Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.0% of Doman Building Materials Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Russel Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is DBM or RUS a better dividend stock?

Doman Building Materials Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Russel Metals pays an annual dividend of C$1.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Doman Building Materials Group pays out 65.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Russel Metals pays out 58.5% 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.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, DBM or RUS?

Russel Metals has higher revenue and earnings than Doman Building Materials Group. Doman Building Materials Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Russel Metals, 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
Doman Building Materials Group	C$3.05B	0.29	C$56.55M	C$0.85	11.68
Russel Metals	C$4.51B	0.52	C$178.38M	C$2.89	14.58

Which has more risk & volatility, DBM or RUS?

Doman Building Materials Group has a beta of 1.358405, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Russel Metals has a beta of 1.223045, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DBM or RUS more profitable?

Russel Metals has a net margin of 4.27% compared to Doman Building Materials Group's net margin of 2.27%. Russel Metals' return on equity of 11.03% beat Doman Building Materials Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Doman Building Materials Group	2.27%	9.41%	4.52%
Russel Metals	4.27%	11.03%	6.48%

Does the media refer more to DBM or RUS?

In the previous week, Doman Building Materials Group and Doman Building Materials Group both had 1 articles in the media. Doman Building Materials Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Russel Metals'average media sentiment score.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Doman Building Materials Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Russel Metals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer DBM or RUS?

Doman Building Materials Group currently has a consensus target price of C$10.19, suggesting a potential upside of 2.59%. Russel Metals has a consensus target price of C$52.20, suggesting a potential upside of 23.84%. Given Russel Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Russel Metals is more favorable than Doman Building Materials Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Doman Building Materials Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
Russel Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Russel Metals beats Doman Building Materials Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.