IFP vs. ADN, CFP, KRR, SVM, ALS, CHE.UN, MDI, SLS, ORA, and OSK
Should you be buying Interfor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Interfor include Acadian Timber (ADN), Canfor (CFP), Karora Resources (KRR), Silvercorp Metals (SVM), Altius Minerals (ALS), Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (CHE.UN), Major Drilling Group International (MDI), Solaris Resources (SLS), Aura Minerals (ORA), and Osisko Mining (OSK). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Interfor (TSE:IFP) and Acadian Timber (TSE:ADN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and valuation.
Interfor has a beta of 2.64, suggesting that its stock price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadian Timber has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Acadian Timber has a net margin of 31.49% compared to Interfor's net margin of -9.05%. Acadian Timber's return on equity of 9.45% beat Interfor's return on equity.
Interfor received 240 more outperform votes than Acadian Timber when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.79% of users gave Interfor an outperform vote while only 61.38% of users gave Acadian Timber an outperform vote.
Interfor presently has a consensus price target of C$26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.81%. Acadian Timber has a consensus price target of C$19.63, suggesting a potential upside of 10.56%. Given Interfor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Interfor is more favorable than Acadian Timber.
Acadian Timber has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Interfor. Interfor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acadian Timber, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Interfor had 15 more articles in the media than Acadian Timber. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Interfor and 3 mentions for Acadian Timber. Interfor's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Acadian Timber's score of -0.15 indicating that Interfor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
49.9% of Interfor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.7% of Acadian Timber shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Interfor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 47.3% of Acadian Timber shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Interfor beats Acadian Timber on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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