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Canfor (CFP) Competitors

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C$15.50 +0.02 (+0.13%)
(As of 12/17/2024 ET)

CFP vs. SJ, GFP, IFP, PL, ADN, WEF, GDL, CFF, EVA, and WFG

Should you be buying Canfor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canfor include Stella-Jones (SJ), GreenFirst Forest Products (GFP), Interfor (IFP), Pinnacle Renewable Energy (PL), Acadian Timber (ADN), Western Forest Products (WEF), Goodfellow (GDL), Conifex Timber (CFF), Enviva (EVA), and West Fraser Timber (WFG). These companies are all part of the "lumber & wood production" industry.

Canfor vs.

Stella-Jones (TSE:SJ) and Canfor (TSE:CFP) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Stella-Jones has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canfor has a beta of 2.08, meaning that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Canfor received 206 more outperform votes than Stella-Jones when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.79% of users gave Canfor an outperform vote while only 63.33% of users gave Stella-Jones an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Stella-JonesOutperform Votes
411
63.33%
Underperform Votes
238
36.67%
CanforOutperform Votes
617
74.79%
Underperform Votes
208
25.21%

Stella-Jones has a net margin of 10.20% compared to Canfor's net margin of -7.39%. Stella-Jones' return on equity of 20.64% beat Canfor's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Stella-Jones10.20% 20.64% 9.38%
Canfor -7.39%-9.65%-5.36%

In the previous week, Canfor had 3 more articles in the media than Stella-Jones. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Canfor and 1 mentions for Stella-Jones. Canfor's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Stella-Jones' score of 0.00 indicating that Canfor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Stella-Jones
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Canfor
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Stella-Jones currently has a consensus price target of C$88.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.87%. Canfor has a consensus price target of C$21.33, indicating a potential upside of 37.63%. Given Canfor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Canfor is more favorable than Stella-Jones.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Stella-Jones
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Canfor
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

63.6% of Stella-Jones shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.1% of Canfor shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Stella-Jones shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 53.9% of Canfor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Stella-Jones has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Canfor. Canfor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stella-Jones, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Stella-JonesC$3.46B1.17C$353MC$6.1911.57
CanforC$5.36B0.34-C$395.80M-C$3.37-4.60

Summary

Canfor beats Stella-Jones on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CFP vs. The Competition

MetricCanforLumber & Wood Production IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$1.84BC$1.67BC$2.78BC$5.45B
Dividend Yield2.38%16.81%5.29%5.76%
P/E Ratio-4.6069.75118.9727.68
Price / Sales0.3416.20759,904.731,154.71
Price / Cash1.7917.6923.6476.41
Price / Book0.510.763.453.79
Net Income-C$395.80M-C$28.66MC$152.45MC$290.34M
7 Day Performance-6.00%-2.31%-2.60%-1.53%
1 Month Performance-8.61%-4.94%5.04%2.33%
1 Year Performance-3.19%28.76%21.58%36.59%

Canfor Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CFP
Canfor
2.614 of 5 stars
C$15.50
+0.1%
C$21.33
+37.6%
-3.2%C$1.84BC$5.36B-4.607,580
SJ
Stella-Jones
2.1756 of 5 stars
C$72.22
+0.8%
C$88.00
+21.8%
-1.6%C$4.07BC$3.46B11.57280
GFP
GreenFirst Forest Products
N/AC$5.83
+3.2%
N/A+486.6%C$1.04BC$386.32M-2.171,100News Coverage
Gap Up
IFP
Interfor
3.3294 of 5 stars
C$17.91
flat
C$24.50
+36.8%
-17.1%C$921.47MC$3.20B-2.565,390News Coverage
Positive News
PL
Pinnacle Renewable Energy
N/AC$11.29
-0.1%
N/AN/AC$376.63MC$490.50M-74.77800
ADN
Acadian Timber
N/AC$18.10
+0.4%
C$20.33
+12.3%
+5.3%C$317.47MC$120.41M9.69200
WEF
Western Forest Products
2.0251 of 5 stars
C$0.42
-1.2%
C$0.63
+50.6%
-39.6%C$131.45MC$1.03B-3.002,051News Coverage
GDL
Goodfellow
N/AC$13.16
-0.2%
N/A-7.5%C$111.60MC$510.75M8.56687
CFF
Conifex Timber
N/AC$0.36
-2.7%
C$0.85
+136.1%
-37.1%C$14.68MC$146.54M-0.54287
EVA
Enviva
N/AN/AN/AN/A$0.00N/A0.001,390Gap Up
High Trading Volume
WFG
West Fraser Timber
N/AC$124.90
-1.9%
C$114.00
-8.7%
+22.2%C$9.75BC$6.55B55.8711,000

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This page (TSE:CFP) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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