Stifel Canada Predicts Weaker Earnings for Russel Metals

Russel Metals Inc. (TSE:RUS) – Equities researchers at Stifel Canada lowered their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Russel Metals in a research report issued on Thursday, September 18th. Stifel Canada analyst I. Gillies now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.70 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.79. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for Russel Metals’ Q4 2025 earnings at $0.62 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.14 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.76 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.14 EPS.

Other research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Stifel Nicolaus cut their target price on Russel Metals from C$49.00 to C$48.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday. TD Securities cut their price objective on Russel Metals from C$52.00 to C$50.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, August 11th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat, Russel Metals has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of C$52.00.

Russel Metals Trading Down 0.9%

Shares of RUS stock opened at C$40.32 on Friday. The company has a market cap of C$2.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.95, a PEG ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 1.22. Russel Metals has a fifty-two week low of C$34.62 and a fifty-two week high of C$46.87. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of C$42.44 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of C$41.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 20.28, a quick ratio of 1.44 and a current ratio of 3.37.

Russel Metals Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 15th were issued a $0.43 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, August 28th. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.3%. Russel Metals’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 58.48%.

About Russel Metals

Russel Metals Inc is a Canada-based metal distribution company. The company conducts business primarily through three metals distribution segments: metals service centers; energy products; and steel distributors. The metal service centers provide processing and distribution services to a broad base of end-users.