Russel Metals Q2 EPS Raised by National Bank Financial

Russel Metals Inc. (TSE:RUS) – Analysts at National Bank Financial upped their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Russel Metals in a research note issued on Thursday, February 13th. National Bank Financial analyst M. Sytchev now expects that the company will post earnings of $1.21 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $1.20. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Russel Metals’ Q3 2025 earnings at $1.12 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.87 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.87 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.28 EPS.

A number of other research firms have also recently commented on RUS. Raymond James lifted their target price on Russel Metals from C$50.00 to C$56.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 13th. Royal Bank of Canada upgraded Russel Metals from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from C$45.00 to C$51.00 in a research report on Tuesday, November 26th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their target price on Russel Metals from C$55.50 to C$60.00 in a research report on Friday, February 14th. Finally, TD Securities boosted their price target on Russel Metals from C$50.00 to C$52.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$51.21.

Russel Metals Stock Down 1.4 %

RUS opened at C$42.23 on Monday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is C$41.94 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$40.85. 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 has a one year low of C$35.20 and a one year high of C$46.87. The stock has a market capitalization of C$2.42 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 1.52.

Russel Metals Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 17th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 17th will be issued a $0.42 dividend. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.98%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. Russel Metals’s dividend payout ratio is presently 54.12%.

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.