Russel Metals First Quarter 2025 Earnings: Beats Expectations

Simply Wall St · 05/08 13:04

Russel Metals (TSE:RUS) First Quarter 2025 Results

Key Financial Results

  • Revenue: CA$1.17b (up 11% from 1Q 2024).
  • Net income: CA$43.0m (down 14% from 1Q 2024).
  • Profit margin: 3.7% (down from 4.7% in 1Q 2024). The decrease in margin was driven by higher expenses.
  • EPS: CA$0.76 (down from CA$0.82 in 1Q 2024).
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TSX:RUS Earnings and Revenue History May 8th 2025

All figures shown in the chart above are for the trailing 12 month (TTM) period

Russel Metals Revenues and Earnings Beat Expectations

Revenue exceeded analyst estimates by 2.7%. Earnings per share (EPS) also surpassed analyst estimates by 34%.

Looking ahead, revenue is forecast to grow 6.5% p.a. on average during the next 2 years, compared to a 2.8% growth forecast for the Trade Distributors industry in Canada.

Performance of the Canadian Trade Distributors industry.

The company's shares are up 2.7% from a week ago.

Risk Analysis

Before we wrap up, we've discovered 2 warning signs for Russel Metals that you should be aware of.