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Canfor (CFP) Competitors

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C$16.96 -0.09 (-0.53%)
(As of 11/15/2024 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 mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Stella-Jones had 16 more articles in the media than Canfor. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Stella-Jones and 0 mentions for Canfor. Stella-Jones' average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Canfor's score of 0.00 indicating that Stella-Jones is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Stella-Jones Neutral
Canfor Neutral

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 53.9% of Canfor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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%

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$3.46B1.11C$353MC$6.1911.01
CanforC$5.36B0.37-C$395.80M-C$3.37-5.03

Stella-Jones currently has a consensus target price of C$88.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.11%. Canfor has a consensus target price of C$21.33, suggesting a potential upside of 25.79%. Given Stella-Jones' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Stella-Jones is more favorable than Canfor.

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)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.17

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.

Canfor received 206 more outperform votes than Stella-Jones when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.88% 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
74.88%
Underperform Votes
207
25.12%

Summary

Stella-Jones beats Canfor on 11 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$2.01BC$1.57BC$2.90BC$6.08B
Dividend Yield2.38%15.93%5.17%5.33%
P/E Ratio-5.0374.10103.1026.33
Price / Sales0.3726.43555,746.451,427.12
Price / Cash1.7916.7623.8882.02
Price / Book0.560.793.683.06
Net Income-C$395.80M-C$27.76MC$150.77MC$291.48M
7 Day Performance-0.41%-0.24%-3.58%-0.14%
1 Month Performance0.30%19.95%-4.54%-1.45%
1 Year Performance0.47%25.09%27.98%42.59%

Canfor Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CFP
Canfor
2.151 of 5 stars
C$16.96
-0.5%
C$21.33
+25.8%
+2.5%C$2.01BC$5.36B-5.037,580
SJ
Stella-Jones
3.6031 of 5 stars
C$70.99
-1.9%
N/A-18.9%C$4.00BC$3.46B11.47280Insider Buying
High Trading Volume
GFP
GreenFirst Forest Products
N/AC$5.68
+3.6%
N/A+432.1%C$1.01BC$386.32M-2.181,100Gap Up
IFP
Interfor
2.6109 of 5 stars
C$19.46
+1.0%
N/A-11.8%C$1.00BC$3.20B-2.785,390Analyst Revision
PL
Pinnacle Renewable Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$376.63MC$490.50M-74.77800
ADN
Acadian Timber
3.1532 of 5 stars
C$17.75
+1.8%
N/A+11.6%C$311.34MC$120.41M9.54200
WEF
Western Forest Products
3.0336 of 5 stars
C$0.45
-4.3%
N/A-38.0%C$140.95MC$1.03B-3.182,051Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
GDL
Goodfellow
N/AC$13.61
-0.9%
N/A-2.3%C$115.41MC$510.75M8.84687News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
CFF
Conifex Timber
2.4519 of 5 stars
C$0.39
flat
N/A-34.4%C$15.90MC$146.54M-0.57287Gap Up
EVA
Enviva
N/AN/AN/AN/A$0.00N/A0.001,390Gap Up
High Trading Volume
WFG
West Fraser Timber
0.9378 of 5 stars
C$128.80
+2.5%
N/A+22.7%C$10.06BC$6.55B56.4911,000News Coverage

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This page (TSE:CFP) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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