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. Its Competitors
Cascades (TSE:CAS) and Domtar (TSE:UFS) are both business supplies companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk and profitability.
30.8% of Cascades shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.1% of Domtar shares are held by institutional investors. 23.8% of Cascades shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Domtar shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cascades has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Domtar has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cascades had 12 more articles in the media than Domtar. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Cascades and 0 mentions for Domtar. Cascades' average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat Domtar's score of 0.00 indicating that Cascades is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cascades currently has a consensus target price of C$11.40, suggesting a potential upside of 23.64%. Given Cascades' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cascades is more favorable than Domtar.
Domtar has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
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.
Summary
Domtar beats Cascades on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:CAS) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
