Russel Metals Valuation

Is RUSM.F undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of RUSM.F when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: RUSM.F ($30.76) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($20.54)

Significantly Below Fair Value: RUSM.F is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for RUSM.F?

Key metric: As RUSM.F is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for RUSM.F. This is calculated by dividing RUSM.F's market cap by their current earnings.
What is RUSM.F's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio13.8x
EarningsCA$181.30m
Market CapCA$2.50b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does RUSM.F's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for RUSM.F vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average10.4x
VRTV Veritiv
8.5xn/aUS$2.3b
TGH Textainer Group Holdings
11.2x11.6%US$2.1b
DNOW DNOW
7.7x-12.7%US$1.6b
HEES H&E Equipment Services
14.2x1.5%US$2.0b
RUSM.F Russel Metals
13.8x14.6%US$2.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: RUSM.F is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.8x) compared to the peer average (10.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does RUSM.F's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Trade Distributors Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
BYU BAIYU Holdings
0.8xn/aUS$9.09m
No more companies available in this PE range
RUSM.F 13.8xIndustry Avg. 17.2xNo. of Companies7PE01020304050+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: RUSM.F is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.8x) compared to the US Trade Distributors industry average (17.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is RUSM.F's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

RUSM.F PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio13.8x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate RUSM.F's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst RUSM.F forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$30.76
US$36.03
+17.1%
9.4%US$40.81US$32.22n/a6
Nov ’25US$28.33
US$33.89
+19.6%
6.0%US$37.62US$31.11n/a6
Oct ’25US$30.46
US$34.35
+12.8%
6.0%US$38.27US$31.65n/a6
Sep ’25US$27.72
US$33.42
+20.6%
6.4%US$37.51US$31.02n/a6
Aug ’25US$28.30
US$33.52
+18.4%
6.2%US$37.48US$31.00n/a6
Jul ’25US$27.02
US$35.30
+30.7%
6.7%US$40.31US$32.98n/a6
Jun ’25US$26.76
US$35.30
+31.9%
6.7%US$40.31US$32.98n/a6
May ’25US$27.89
US$35.73
+28.1%
6.5%US$39.52US$32.94n/a8
Apr ’25US$32.87
US$36.98
+12.5%
6.3%US$41.20US$34.15n/a8
Mar ’25US$33.72
US$37.08
+10.0%
6.5%US$41.64US$34.20n/a8
Feb ’25US$32.70
US$36.27
+10.9%
8.8%US$41.83US$32.12n/a8
Jan ’25US$34.31
US$35.48
+3.4%
8.1%US$41.89US$32.17n/a8
Dec ’24US$28.18
US$31.23
+10.8%
3.4%US$33.31US$29.69n/a8
Nov ’24US$24.89
US$31.47
+26.4%
3.2%US$33.35US$30.05US$28.338
Oct ’24US$28.17
US$31.93
+13.3%
3.2%US$33.64US$30.31US$30.468
Sep ’24US$29.29
US$31.90
+8.9%
2.7%US$32.97US$30.38US$27.728
Aug ’24US$29.20
US$31.38
+7.5%
4.5%US$33.37US$29.58US$28.308
Jul ’24US$27.36
US$30.07
+9.9%
6.9%US$33.36US$27.29US$27.026
Jun ’24n/a
US$29.90
0%
6.7%US$32.73US$26.78US$26.765
May ’24US$25.51
US$28.88
+13.2%
9.2%US$32.58US$25.17US$27.895
Apr ’24US$24.67
US$28.84
+16.9%
9.6%US$32.37US$25.01US$32.875
Mar ’24US$26.41
US$29.24
+10.7%
9.2%US$32.99US$25.49US$33.725
Feb ’24US$24.35
US$26.36
+8.2%
8.5%US$30.37US$23.70US$32.706
Jan ’24US$21.47
US$26.12
+21.6%
8.7%US$30.02US$23.43US$34.316
Dec ’23US$21.29
US$26.76
+25.7%
8.0%US$30.48US$23.79US$28.186
Nov ’23US$21.19
US$26.11
+23.2%
5.0%US$27.52US$23.48US$24.896

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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