WFG vs. UFPI, WPM, FNV, CCJ, STLD, MT, WLK, RS, CE, and IP
Should you be buying West Fraser Timber stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of West Fraser Timber include UFP Industries (UFPI), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Cameco (CCJ), Steel Dynamics (STLD), ArcelorMittal (MT), Westlake (WLK), Reliance (RS), Celanese (CE), and International Paper (IP).
UFP Industries (NASDAQ:UFPI) and West Fraser Timber (NYSE:WFG) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.
UFP Industries presently has a consensus price target of $116.50, suggesting a potential downside of 0.52%. West Fraser Timber has a consensus price target of $106.25, suggesting a potential upside of 32.35%. Given UFP Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe West Fraser Timber is more favorable than UFP Industries.
UFP Industries has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, West Fraser Timber has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
UFP Industries has higher revenue and earnings than West Fraser Timber. West Fraser Timber is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UFP Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
UFP Industries received 254 more outperform votes than West Fraser Timber when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.36% of users gave West Fraser Timber an outperform vote while only 61.92% of users gave UFP Industries an outperform vote.
81.8% of UFP Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.2% of West Fraser Timber shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of UFP Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of West Fraser Timber shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, UFP Industries had 14 more articles in the media than West Fraser Timber. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for UFP Industries and 1 mentions for West Fraser Timber. UFP Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat West Fraser Timber's score of 0.27 indicating that West Fraser Timber is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
UFP Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. West Fraser Timber pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. UFP Industries pays out 16.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. West Fraser Timber pays out -99.2% 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. UFP Industries has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and West Fraser Timber has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. West Fraser Timber is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
UFP Industries has a net margin of 7.24% compared to UFP Industries' net margin of -1.39%. West Fraser Timber's return on equity of 17.07% beat UFP Industries' return on equity.
Summary
UFP Industries beats West Fraser Timber on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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