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 risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
Stella-Jones presently has a consensus price target of C$88.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.00%. Canfor has a consensus price target of C$21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.79%. Given Canfor's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Canfor is more favorable than Stella-Jones.
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.
In the previous week, Stella-Jones had 5 more articles in the media than Canfor. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Stella-Jones and 5 mentions for Canfor. Stella-Jones' average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Canfor's score of -0.03 indicating that Stella-Jones is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Canfor received 205 more outperform votes than Stella-Jones when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.73% of users gave Canfor an outperform vote while only 63.44% of users gave Stella-Jones an outperform vote.
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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Stella-Jones has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canfor has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Stella-Jones beats Canfor on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:CFP) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
