QXO (NYSE:QXO – Get Free Report) and Russel Metals (OTCMKTS:RUSMF – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings and dividends.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for QXO and Russel Metals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| QXO | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 2.94 |
| Russel Metals | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2.60 |
QXO presently has a consensus target price of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 108.72%. Given QXO’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe QXO is more favorable than Russel Metals.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
Profitability
This table compares QXO and Russel Metals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| QXO | -5.17% | 2.41% | 1.20% |
| Russel Metals | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares QXO and Russel Metals”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| QXO | $6.84 billion | 2.03 | -$279.40 million | ($0.90) | -14.91 |
| Russel Metals | N/A | N/A | N/A | $1.73 | 29.71 |
Russel Metals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than QXO. QXO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Russel Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
QXO beats Russel Metals on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About QXO
QXO, Inc. operates as a business application, technology, and consulting company in North America. The company provides solutions for accounting and business management, financial reporting, enterprise resource planning, human capital management, warehouse management systems, customer relationship management, and business intelligence. It also offers value-added services that focuses on consulting and professional, specialized programming, training, and technical support services. In addition, the company provides information technology managed services, such as cybersecurity, application hosting, disaster recovery, business continuity, cloud, and other services; and data back-up, network maintenance, and upgrade services. It serves small and medium-sized businesses primarily in the manufacturing, distribution, and service industries. QXO, Inc. is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.
About Russel Metals
Russel Metals Inc. operates as a metal distribution and processing company in Canada and the United States. It operates in three segments: Metals Service Centers, Energy Field Stores, and Steel Distribution. The Metal Service Centers segment operates a network of metals service centers, which provide metal products in range of sizes, shapes, and specifications, including carbon hot rolled and cold finished steel, pipe and tubular, stainless steel, aluminum, and other non-ferrous specialty metal products. The Energy Field Stores segment offers specialized products, such as flanges, valves, fittings, and other products to energy industry. The Steel Distributors segment sells steel products to other steel service centers and equipment manufacturers, which include carbon steel plate, flat rolled products, beams, channels, and pipes. Russel Metals Inc. was incorporated in 1929 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.
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