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Russel Metals (RUS) Competitors

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C$41.44 +0.14 (+0.34%)
As of 02:48 PM Eastern

RUS vs. FTT, DBM, ADEN, WJX, RME, AAO, TIH, TFII, SNC, and AC

Should you be buying Russel Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Russel Metals include Finning International (FTT), Doman Building Materials Group (DBM), ADENTRA (ADEN), Wajax (WJX), Rocky Mountain Equipment Alberta Ltd (RME.TO) (RME), IntellaEquity (AAO), Toromont Industries (TIH), TFI International (TFII), SNC-Lavalin Group (SNC), and Air Canada (AC). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Russel Metals vs. Its Competitors

Russel Metals (TSE:RUS) and Finning International (TSE:FTT) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Russel Metals pays an annual dividend of C$1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Finning International pays an annual dividend of C$1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Russel Metals pays out 54.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Finning International pays out 30.8% 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 beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Finning International has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Russel Metals presently has a consensus price target of C$52.20, indicating a potential upside of 25.97%. Finning International has a consensus price target of C$59.44, indicating a potential upside of 3.76%. Given Russel Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Russel Metals is more favorable than Finning International.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Russel Metals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Finning International
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

26.9% of Russel Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.1% of Finning International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Russel Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Finning International shares are owned by company 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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Russel MetalsC$4.17B0.57C$178.38MC$3.1013.35
Finning InternationalC$10.96B0.72C$497.82MC$3.5816.02

In the previous week, Russel Metals had 3 more articles in the media than Finning International. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Russel Metals and 0 mentions for Finning International. Finning International's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Russel Metals' score of 0.53 indicating that Finning International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Russel Metals Positive
Finning International Positive

Finning International has a net margin of 4.54% compared to Russel Metals' net margin of 4.27%. Finning International's return on equity of 19.69% beat Russel Metals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Russel Metals4.27% 11.03% 6.48%
Finning International 4.54%19.69%7.28%

Summary

Finning International beats Russel Metals on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RUS vs. The Competition

MetricRussel MetalsIndustrial Distribution IndustryIndustrials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$2.37BC$4.67BC$7.70BC$6.40B
Dividend Yield4.01%4.76%4.55%6.72%
P/E Ratio13.3518.4726.1067.40
Price / Sales0.5761.0898.121,633.14
Price / Cash8.8860.3628.6283.29
Price / Book1.502.074.135.34
Net IncomeC$178.38MC$222.68MC$796.90MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance0.83%1.39%1.25%4.12%
1 Month Performance-6.75%1.22%0.52%4.85%
1 Year Performance11.79%3.51%28.10%32.71%

Russel Metals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RUS
Russel Metals
3.5801 of 5 stars
C$41.44
+0.3%
C$52.20
+26.0%
+10.5%C$2.37BC$4.17B13.353,500Dividend Announcement
FTT
Finning International
1.9734 of 5 stars
C$57.22
+0.2%
C$59.44
+3.9%
+41.4%C$7.86BC$10.96B16.00147,000
DBM
Doman Building Materials Group
1.0656 of 5 stars
C$9.75
-0.2%
C$10.19
+4.5%
+41.0%C$852.14MC$2.49B15.071,232
ADEN
ADENTRA
N/A$33.72
+0.7%
N/A-16.1%$595.37M$1.68B11.502,828News Coverage
WJX
Wajax
0.9642 of 5 stars
C$23.32
+0.6%
C$23.38
+0.2%
-5.6%C$509.65MC$2.09B9.563,200
RME
Rocky Mountain Equipment Alberta Ltd (RME.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$142.50MC$767.30M21.088,160High Trading Volume
AAO
IntellaEquity
N/AC$0.01
+∞
N/A+0.0%C$2.56MC$3.08M-2.503,670Gap Up
TIH
Toromont Industries
1.5966 of 5 stars
C$143.19
+0.9%
C$140.50
-1.9%
+18.5%C$11.68BC$4.99B23.257,000Positive News
TFII
TFI International
2.4955 of 5 stars
C$130.67
+3.9%
C$151.50
+15.9%
-35.3%C$7.79BC$5.84B16.5725,800
SNC
SNC-Lavalin Group
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$7.63BC$7.94B92.5333,876High Trading Volume
AC
Air Canada
3.6549 of 5 stars
C$19.42
+1.3%
C$25.63
+32.0%
+24.0%C$6.93BC$21.95B2.7320Gap Up

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This page (TSE:RUS) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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