FTT vs. TIH, RUS, HDI, DBM, WJX, RME, AAO, GFL, RBA, and TFII
Should you be buying Finning International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Finning International include Toromont Industries (TIH), Russel Metals (RUS), Hardwoods Distribution (HDI), Doman Building Materials Group (DBM), Wajax (WJX), Rocky Mountain Equipment Alberta Ltd (RME.TO) (RME), IntellaEquity (AAO), GFL Environmental (GFL), RB Global (RBA), and TFI International (TFII). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Finning International (TSE:FTT) and Toromont Industries (TSE:TIH) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.
Toromont Industries has a net margin of 11.38% compared to Finning International's net margin of 4.75%.
Toromont Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Finning International. Finning International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toromont Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Finning International pays an annual dividend of C$1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Toromont Industries pays an annual dividend of C$1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Finning International pays out 31.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toromont Industries 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.
40.1% of Finning International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.6% of Toromont Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Finning International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Toromont Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Finning International has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toromont Industries has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Finning International had 1 more articles in the media than Toromont Industries. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Finning International and 1 mentions for Toromont Industries. Toromont Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Finning International's score of -0.20 indicating that Toromont Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Finning International currently has a consensus price target of C$49.13, indicating a potential upside of 21.24%. Toromont Industries has a consensus price target of C$133.13, indicating a potential upside of 10.73%. Given Finning International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Finning International is more favorable than Toromont Industries.
Finning International received 147 more outperform votes than Toromont Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.98% of users gave Finning International an outperform vote while only 58.22% of users gave Toromont Industries an outperform vote.
Summary
Toromont Industries beats Finning International on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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