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Russel Metals (RUS) Competitors

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C$41.92 +0.54 (+1.30%)
As of 04:00 PM Eastern

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

Should you be buying Russel Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Russel Metals include Finning International (FTT), ADENTRA (ADEN), Doman Building Materials Group (DBM), Wajax (WJX), Rocky Mountain Equipment Alberta Ltd (RME.TO) (RME), IntellaEquity (AAO), Toromont Industries (TIH), SNC-Lavalin Group (SNC), Air Canada (AC), and MDA Space (MDA). 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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Russel Metals presently has a consensus target price of C$51.80, suggesting a potential upside of 23.57%. Finning International has a consensus target price of C$66.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.60%. Given Russel Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.17
Finning International
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

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$4.51B0.52C$178.38MC$2.8914.51
Finning InternationalC$11.38B0.83C$497.82MC$4.6615.33

In the previous week, Finning International had 10 more articles in the media than Russel Metals. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Finning International and 2 mentions for Russel Metals. Finning International's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Russel Metals' score of 0.30 indicating that Finning International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Russel Metals
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Finning International
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

32.3% of Russel Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.4% 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Russel Metals has a beta of 1.098467, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Finning International has a beta of 1.054346, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

Russel Metals pays an annual dividend of C$1.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Finning International pays an annual dividend of C$1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Russel Metals pays out 58.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Finning International pays out 24.2% 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

Finning International beats Russel Metals on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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RUS vs. The Competition

MetricRussel MetalsIndustrial Distribution IndustryIndustrials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$2.35BC$4.47BC$7.88BC$9.58B
Dividend Yield4.27%4.57%4.59%6.52%
P/E Ratio14.5118.9924.7429.02
Price / Sales0.5257.261,237.8411.06
Price / Cash8.8860.3627.9683.29
Price / Book1.522.134.885.65
Net IncomeC$178.38MC$222.68MC$790.14MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance2.00%1.78%-0.48%-2.65%
1 Month Performance3.81%0.77%1.23%1.27%
1 Year Performance5.70%1.84%29.01%32.36%

Russel Metals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RUS
Russel Metals
4.0494 of 5 stars
C$41.92
+1.3%
C$51.80
+23.6%
+1.5%C$2.35BC$4.51B14.513,500
FTT
Finning International
2.2589 of 5 stars
C$67.74
+2.7%
C$59.44
-12.2%
+64.6%C$8.98BC$11.38B14.54147,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ADEN
ADENTRA
N/A$33.61
+0.8%
N/A-17.2%$820.39M$2.24B19.102,828Dividend Announcement
DBM
Doman Building Materials Group
3.123 of 5 stars
C$8.73
+1.7%
C$10.00
+14.5%
+0.9%C$765.02MC$3.05B10.271,232Analyst Revision
WJX
Wajax
1.2544 of 5 stars
C$23.18
+1.0%
C$23.38
+0.8%
-8.0%C$504.07MC$2.15B14.223,200
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
1.9188 of 5 stars
C$158.55
+0.8%
C$143.50
-9.5%
+19.3%C$12.90BC$5.11B26.837,000Analyst Forecast
SNC
SNC-Lavalin Group
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$7.63BC$7.94B92.5333,876News Coverage
High Trading Volume
AC
Air Canada
3.6485 of 5 stars
C$18.35
+1.6%
C$24.78
+35.0%
-1.4%C$5.43BC$22.34B4.6520
MDA
MDA Space
2.3928 of 5 stars
C$36.70
+1.8%
C$39.40
+7.4%
+61.3%C$4.58BC$1.35B40.783,000News Coverage

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This page (TSE:RUS) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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