FTT vs. RUS, TIH, BBD.B, ATS, AC, SES, EFN, EIF, CAE, and BBU.UN
Should you be buying Finning International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Finning International include Russel Metals (RUS), Toromont Industries (TIH), Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B), ATS (ATS), Air Canada (AC), Secure Energy Services (SES), Element Fleet Management (EFN), Exchange Income (EIF), CAE (CAE), and Brookfield Business Partners (BBU.UN). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Finning International (TSE:FTT) and Russel Metals (TSE:RUS) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
41.1% of Finning International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.1% of Russel Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Finning International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Russel Metals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Russel Metals had 1 more articles in the media than Finning International. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Russel Metals and 0 mentions for Finning International. Russel Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Finning International's score of 0.00 indicating that Russel Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Finning International pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Russel Metals pays an annual dividend of C$1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Finning International pays out 28.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Russel Metals pays out 37.0% 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.
Russel Metals has a net margin of 5.92% compared to Finning International's net margin of 4.97%. Finning International's return on equity of 20.88% beat Russel Metals' return on equity.
Finning International has higher revenue and earnings than Russel Metals. Russel Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Finning International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Russel Metals received 8 more outperform votes than Finning International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.90% of users gave Russel Metals an outperform vote while only 65.94% of users gave Finning International an outperform vote.
Finning International has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Russel Metals has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Finning International presently has a consensus target price of C$47.25, indicating a potential upside of 18.69%. Russel Metals has a consensus target price of C$48.79, indicating a potential upside of 8.24%. Given Finning International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Finning International is more favorable than Russel Metals.
Summary
Finning International and Russel Metals tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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