Doman Building Materials Group (DBM) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer RUS or DBM?

Russel Metals currently has a consensus target price of C$51.60, indicating a potential upside of 24.19%. Doman Building Materials Group has a consensus target price of C$10.07, indicating a potential upside of 11.16%. Given Russel Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Russel Metals is more favorable than Doman Building Materials Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Russel Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Doman Building Materials Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Which has higher valuation and earnings, RUS or DBM?

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
Russel Metals	C$4.51B	0.52	C$178.38M	C$2.89	14.38
Doman Building Materials Group	C$3.05B	0.26	C$56.55M	C$0.85	10.66

Does the media prefer RUS or DBM?

In the previous week, Russel Metals had 24 more articles in the media than Doman Building Materials Group. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Russel Metals and 3 mentions for Doman Building Materials Group. Russel Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat Doman Building Materials Group's score of -0.67 indicating that Russel Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Russel Metals	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
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)	Negative

Which has more volatility and risk, RUS or DBM?

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in RUS or DBM?

32.3% of Russel Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.2% of Doman Building Materials Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Russel Metals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Doman Building Materials Group shares are owned by insiders. 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 RUS or DBM 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
Russel Metals	4.27%	11.03%	6.48%
Doman Building Materials Group	2.27%	9.41%	4.52%

Is RUS or DBM a better dividend stock?

Russel Metals pays an annual dividend of C$1.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Doman Building Materials Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Russel Metals pays out 58.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Doman Building Materials Group pays out 65.9% 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.

Summary

Russel Metals beats Doman Building Materials Group on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.