CFP vs. SJ, IFP, PL, ADN, WEF, GDL, GFP, CFF, EVA, and WFG
Should you be buying Canfor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canfor include Stella-Jones (SJ), Interfor (IFP), Pinnacle Renewable Energy (PL), Acadian Timber (ADN), Western Forest Products (WEF), Goodfellow (GDL), GreenFirst Forest Products (GFP), Conifex Timber (CFF), Enviva (EVA), and West Fraser Timber (WFG). These companies are all part of the "lumber & wood production" industry.
Canfor (TSE:CFP) and Stella-Jones (TSE:SJ) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Stella-Jones has a net margin of 10.14% compared to Canfor's net margin of -4.58%. Stella-Jones' return on equity of 20.77% beat Canfor's return on equity.
In the previous week, Stella-Jones had 2 more articles in the media than Canfor. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Stella-Jones and 0 mentions for Canfor. Stella-Jones' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Canfor's score of 0.00 indicating that Stella-Jones is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Stella-Jones has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Canfor. Canfor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stella-Jones, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
14.4% of Canfor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of Stella-Jones shares are held by institutional investors. 53.8% of Canfor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Stella-Jones shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Canfor received 202 more outperform votes than Stella-Jones when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.15% of users gave Canfor an outperform vote while only 64.01% of users gave Stella-Jones an outperform vote.
Canfor has a beta of 2.18, meaning that its share price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stella-Jones has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Canfor currently has a consensus target price of C$21.17, suggesting a potential upside of 41.30%. Stella-Jones has a consensus target price of C$89.57, suggesting a potential upside of 10.09%. Given Canfor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Canfor is more favorable than Stella-Jones.
Summary
Stella-Jones beats Canfor on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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