CFX vs. WM, VGZ, SLR, G, GEO, NEXT, ARA, USA, TSL, and TMQ
Should you be buying Canfor Pulp Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canfor Pulp Products include Wallbridge Mining (WM), Vista Gold (VGZ), Solitario Resources (SLR), Augusta Gold (G), Geodrill (GEO), NextSource Materials (NEXT), Aclara Resources (ARA), Americas Silver (USA), Tree Island Steel (TSL), and Trilogy Metals (TMQ). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Wallbridge Mining (TSE:WM) and Canfor Pulp Products (TSE:CFX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.
Wallbridge Mining pays an annual dividend of C$1.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 1,771.4%. Canfor Pulp Products pays an annual dividend of C$0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.8%. Wallbridge Mining pays out -18,600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canfor Pulp Products pays out -20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Wallbridge Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Canfor Pulp Products received 265 more outperform votes than Wallbridge Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.11% of users gave Wallbridge Mining an outperform vote while only 63.06% of users gave Canfor Pulp Products an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Wallbridge Mining had 1 more articles in the media than Canfor Pulp Products. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Wallbridge Mining and 0 mentions for Canfor Pulp Products. Canfor Pulp Products' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Wallbridge Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that Wallbridge Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Canfor Pulp Products has a consensus price target of C$1.95, suggesting a potential upside of 30.87%. Given Wallbridge Mining's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Canfor Pulp Products is more favorable than Wallbridge Mining.
Wallbridge Mining has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canfor Pulp Products has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
4.0% of Wallbridge Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.7% of Canfor Pulp Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.2% of Wallbridge Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.0% of Canfor Pulp Products shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Wallbridge Mining has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Wallbridge Mining's net margin of -9.33%. Canfor Pulp Products' return on equity of -3.56% beat Wallbridge Mining's return on equity.
Wallbridge Mining has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Canfor Pulp Products. Wallbridge Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canfor Pulp Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Wallbridge Mining beats Canfor Pulp Products on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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