RUS vs. TIH, FTT, DBM, ADEN, WJX, RME, AAO, EFN, SNC, and AC
Should you be buying Russel Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Russel Metals include Toromont Industries (TIH), Finning International (FTT), Doman Building Materials Group (DBM), ADENTRA (ADEN), Wajax (WJX), Rocky Mountain Equipment Alberta Ltd (RME.TO) (RME), IntellaEquity (AAO), Element Fleet Management (EFN), SNC-Lavalin Group (SNC), and Air Canada (AC). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Russel Metals vs. Its Competitors
Toromont Industries (TSE:TIH) and Russel Metals (TSE:RUS) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Toromont Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Russel Metals. Russel Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toromont Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Toromont Industries presently has a consensus target price of C$129.63, indicating a potential upside of 4.00%. Russel Metals has a consensus target price of C$52.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.72%. Given Russel Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Russel Metals is more favorable than Toromont Industries.
Toromont Industries pays an annual dividend of C$1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Russel Metals pays an annual dividend of C$1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Toromont Industries pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Russel Metals pays out 54.1% 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.
Toromont Industries has a net margin of 10.09% compared to Russel Metals' net margin of 4.27%. Toromont Industries' return on equity of 17.74% beat Russel Metals' return on equity.
Toromont Industries has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Russel Metals has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
51.4% of Toromont Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.9% of Russel Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Toromont Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Russel Metals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Russel Metals had 1 more articles in the media than Toromont Industries. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Russel Metals and 1 mentions for Toromont Industries. Russel Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Toromont Industries' score of 0.34 indicating that Russel Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Toromont Industries beats Russel Metals on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:RUS) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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