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Russel Metals (RUS) Competitors

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C$40.75 +0.43 (+1.07%)
As of 05/2/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

RUS vs. FTT, DBM, ADEN, WJX, RME, AAO, TIH, EFN, SNC, and BBD.B

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), Element Fleet Management (EFN), SNC-Lavalin Group (SNC), and Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Russel Metals vs.

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

Russel Metals received 9 more outperform votes than Finning International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.43% of users gave Russel Metals an outperform vote while only 65.33% of users gave Finning International an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Finning InternationalOutperform Votes
552
65.33%
Underperform Votes
293
34.67%
Russel MetalsOutperform Votes
561
67.43%
Underperform Votes
271
32.57%

Finning International has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more 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.

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
Finning International4.54% 19.69% 7.28%
Russel Metals 4.27%11.03%6.48%

Finning International pays an annual dividend of C$1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Russel Metals pays an annual dividend of C$1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Finning International pays out 30.8% 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.

Finning International has higher revenue and earnings than Russel Metals. Finning International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Russel Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Finning InternationalC$10.96B0.50C$497.82MC$3.5811.05
Russel MetalsC$4.17B0.56C$178.38MC$3.1013.13

Finning International currently has a consensus target price of C$50.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.52%. Russel Metals has a consensus target price of C$52.17, suggesting a potential upside of 28.02%. Given Russel Metals' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Russel Metals is more favorable than Finning International.

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

43.1% of Finning International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.9% of Russel Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Finning International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Russel Metals shares are held by company 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, Finning International's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Russel Metals'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Finning International Neutral
Russel Metals Neutral

Summary

Finning International beats Russel Metals on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RUS vs. The Competition

MetricRussel MetalsIndustrial Distribution IndustryIndustrials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$2.33BC$3.58BC$7.32BC$5.71B
Dividend Yield4.01%4.76%3.56%6.84%
P/E Ratio13.1314.8221.2228.76
Price / Sales0.5650.3084.40583.23
Price / Cash8.8860.3626.9083.20
Price / Book1.481.673.793.77
Net IncomeC$178.38MC$222.68MC$808.20MC$301.04M
7 Day Performance4.09%2.13%4.81%0.83%
1 Month Performance5.46%2.38%5.35%3.24%
1 Year Performance5.79%-11.17%15.08%14.01%

Russel Metals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RUS
Russel Metals
N/AC$40.75
+1.1%
C$52.17
+28.0%
+2.5%C$2.33BC$4.17B13.133,500
FTT
Finning International
3.123 of 5 stars
C$37.92
-0.7%
C$50.00
+31.9%
-3.1%C$5.21BC$10.96B10.61147,000
DBM
Doman Building Materials Group
3.9698 of 5 stars
C$6.87
+0.1%
C$10.07
+46.6%
-8.5%C$600.43MC$2.49B10.621,232
ADEN
ADENTRA
N/A$26.93
-0.4%
N/AN/A$475.48M$1.68B9.182,828Upcoming Earnings
WJX
Wajax
1.9915 of 5 stars
C$16.96
-0.4%
C$22.00
+29.7%
-35.2%C$370.65MC$2.09B6.953,200
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
2.2519 of 5 stars
C$112.72
-0.1%
C$135.94
+20.6%
-9.6%C$9.19BC$4.99B18.317,000Analyst Forecast
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EFN
Element Fleet Management
0.9932 of 5 stars
C$29.84
-0.8%
C$34.00
+13.9%
+39.4%C$8.55BC$1.49B24.762,700Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
SNC
SNC-Lavalin Group
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$7.63BC$7.94B92.5333,876High Trading Volume
BBD.B
Bombardier, Inc. Class B
2.4491 of 5 stars
C$83.02
-0.8%
C$113.42
+36.6%
+22.9%C$7.18BC$8.40B21.51N/AAnalyst Forecast
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This page (TSE:RUS) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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