RUS vs. WJX, DBM, FTT, EIF, CJT, BBU.UN, MDA, WTE, BDGI, and SES
Should you be buying Russel Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Russel Metals include Wajax (WJX), Doman Building Materials Group (DBM), Finning International (FTT), Exchange Income (EIF), Cargojet (CJT), Brookfield Business Partners (BBU.UN), MDA (MDA), Westshore Terminals Investment (WTE), Badger Infrastructure Solutions (BDGI), and Secure Energy Services (SES). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Russel Metals (TSE:RUS) and Wajax (TSE:WJX) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
26.7% of Russel Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.9% of Wajax shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Russel Metals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Wajax shares are held by 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 pays an annual dividend of C$1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Wajax pays an annual dividend of C$1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Russel Metals pays out 37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wajax pays out 38.5% 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.
In the previous week, Russel Metals and Russel Metals both had 9 articles in the media. Wajax's average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat Russel Metals' score of -0.04 indicating that Wajax is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Russel Metals has higher revenue and earnings than Wajax. Wajax is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Russel Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Russel Metals currently has a consensus target price of C$47.64, suggesting a potential upside of 23.68%. Wajax has a consensus target price of C$34.67, suggesting a potential upside of 23.41%. Given Russel Metals' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Russel Metals is more favorable than Wajax.
Russel Metals has a net margin of 5.92% compared to Wajax's net margin of 3.76%. Wajax's return on equity of 17.12% beat Russel Metals' return on equity.
Russel Metals has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wajax has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Russel Metals received 232 more outperform votes than Wajax when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.81% of users gave Russel Metals an outperform vote while only 50.87% of users gave Wajax an outperform vote.
Summary
Russel Metals beats Wajax on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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