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Company snapshot — Russel Metals Inc.

RUS.TO in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Russel Metals distributes steel and metal products across Canada and the United States. It runs metal service centres that stock carbon, stainless and aluminium products in many shapes and sizes, energy field stores that supply valves, flanges and fittings to energy firms, and a steel distribution arm that sells plate, flat-rolled and structural steel to other service centres and equipment makers. It is based in Mississauga.
Where it sits in the stack
Russel Metals sits outside the diary's AI-build-out coverage; it belongs to the industrial distribution sector of our universe rather than any Rubin or Halo layer.
Who it is priced against
The diary holds no formal peer group for this name; a comparison the market sometimes draws is with other North American metal distributors such as Reliance Steel & Aluminum.
Why Closelook tracks it
Russel Metals carries no index seat in our coverage and no Closelook score; it has not appeared in the diary's editions or quotes.
What the diary watches
Whether steel and metal distribution volumes and pricing hold up as construction and energy demand shift, since that would change how the diary reads the stock's momentum.

Russel Metals Inc. (RUS.TO) trades on the TO exchange in Canada, classified under Industrials.

The Closelook company score reads 55/100 composite (momentum 94, quality 33, valuation 61) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for RUS.TO, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Industrial Distribution · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Industrial Distribution

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against RUS.TO on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.17%, quarterly · buybacks 87 m CAD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What RUS.TO pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.74 CAD per share · a 2.17% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +35.9% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.28 CAD per share
  • Last distribution 0.44 CAD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-28
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.71 CAD (partial) · 2026: 1.31 CAD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-28
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 96 m CAD 51% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 87 m CAD 2.0% of today's market value
  • Share count −4.6% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 183 m CAD · 146% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Russel Metals Inc. (RUS.TO)?

Russel Metals Inc. trades as RUS.TO on the TO exchange (Canada) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is RUS.TO in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Russel Metals Inc. is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is Russel Metals Inc.'s Closelook composite score?

55 out of 100, with momentum 94, quality 33 and valuation 61 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does RUS.TO trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +9.8% vs the 50-day and +42.6% vs the 200-day average, 3.1% below the 52-week high and +111.5% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Russel Metals Inc. do?

Russel Metals distributes steel and metal products across Canada and the United States. It runs metal service centres that stock carbon, stainless and aluminium products in many shapes and sizes, energy field stores that supply valves, flanges and fittings to energy firms, and a steel distribution arm that sells plate, flat-rolled and structural steel to other service centres and equipment makers. It is based in Mississauga. The diary holds no formal peer group for this name; a comparison the market sometimes draws is with other North American metal distributors such as Reliance Steel & Aluminum.

Where does Russel Metals Inc. sit in the AI build-out?

Russel Metals sits outside the diary's AI-build-out coverage; it belongs to the industrial distribution sector of our universe rather than any Rubin or Halo layer. Russel Metals carries no index seat in our coverage and no Closelook score; it has not appeared in the diary's editions or quotes.

Does Russel Metals Inc. pay a dividend?

Russel Metals Inc. has paid 1.74 CAD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.17% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.44 CAD on 2026-08-28. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 96 m CAD in dividends and bought back 87 m CAD of its own shares, 146% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 4.6% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for RUS.TO, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Industrial Distribution, then Industrials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.