Russel Metals (RUS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Russel Metals is one of the largest metals distribution companies in North America with a growing focus on value-added processing. It carries on business in three segments: metals service centers, energy field stores and steel distributors. Its network of metals service centers carries an extensive line of metal products in a wide range of sizes, shapes and specifications, including carbon hot rolled and cold finished steel, pipe and tubular products, stainless steel, aluminum and other non-ferrous specialty metals. Its energy field stores carry a specialized product line focused on the needs of energy industry customers. Its steel distributors operations act as master distributors selling steel in large volumes to other steel service centers and large equipment manufacturers mainly on an 'as is' basis.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$72.38 to C$73.86
• 50-Day Range: C$59.20 to C$81.14
• 52-Week Range: C$39.09 to C$83.12
• Volume: 174,097 shs
• Average Volume: 229,543 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$4.01 billion
• P/E Ratio: 18.62
• Dividend Yield: 2.37%
• Price Target: C$76.89
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Russel Metals Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Russel Metals scored higher than 72% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Russel Metals has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.63, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Russel Metals is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Russel Metals has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Russel Metals is 18.62, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 42.95.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Russel Metals is 18.62, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 23.40.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Russel Metals has a PEG Ratio of 0.59. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Russel Metals has a P/B Ratio of 2.32. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for RUS.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Russel Metals pays a meaningful dividend of 2.39%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Russel Metals does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Russel Metals is 44.13%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.70

News Sentiment

Russel Metals has a news sentiment score of 0.70. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.85 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Russel Metals this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Russel Metals to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Russel Metals insiders have sold 4,868.42% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought C$80,480.00 in company stock and sold C$3,998,583.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.85% of the stock of Russel Metals is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

31.32% of the stock of Russel Metals is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 6/15 Dividend: 5/28/2026
• Record date for 6/15 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/15/2026
• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/15 Dividend: 8/28/2026
• Today: 8/30/2026
• Record date for 9/15 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/15/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Trading Companies & Distributors
• Sub-Industry: Trading Companies & Distributors
• Current Symbol: TSE:RUS
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.russelmetals.com
• Phone: +1-905-8197777
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 3,500
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Russel Metals: C$76.89
• High Price Target: C$94.00
• Low Price Target: C$56.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +5.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.63
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$3.92
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.62
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: 0.59
• Net Income: C$178.38 million
• Net Margins: 4.04%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 13.09%
• Return on Assets: 6.48%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 27.88
• Current Ratio: 2.61
• Quick Ratio: 1.44

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$5.33 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.75
• Cash Flow: C$8.22 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.88
• Book Value: C$31.47 per share
• Price / Book: 2.32

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 54,900,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$4.01 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.21