CAS vs. UFS, ITP, RFP, DSY, GLN, AEZ, WPK, CCL.A, IPLP, and RPI.UN
Should you be buying Cascades stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cascades include Domtar (UFS), Intertape Polymer Group (ITP), Resolute Forest Products (RFP), Destiny Media Technologies (DSY), 14845 (GLN.TO) (GLN), 43844 (AEZ.TO) (AEZ), Winpak (WPK), CCL Industries (CCL.A), IPL Plastics Inc. (IPLP.TO) (IPLP), and Richards Packaging Income Fund (RPI.UN).
Cascades vs.
Domtar (TSE:UFS) and Cascades (TSE:CAS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
Domtar has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cascades has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Domtar has a net margin of 2.70% compared to Cascades' net margin of -1.62%. Domtar's return on equity of 4.36% beat Cascades' return on equity.
Domtar has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cascades. Cascades is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Domtar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
99.1% of Domtar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of Cascades shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Domtar shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of Cascades shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cascades has a consensus target price of C$13.38, suggesting a potential upside of 49.27%. Given Cascades' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cascades is more favorable than Domtar.
Cascades received 285 more outperform votes than Domtar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.60% of users gave Cascades an outperform vote while only 51.82% of users gave Domtar an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Cascades had 19 more articles in the media than Domtar. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Cascades and 0 mentions for Domtar. Cascades' average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Domtar's score of 0.00 indicating that Cascades is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Cascades beats Domtar on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:CAS) was last updated on 4/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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