CFP vs. IFP, SJ, MAG, SEA, KNT, TXG, AYA, NGD, SIL, and CXB
Should you be buying Canfor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canfor include Interfor (IFP), Stella-Jones (SJ), MAG Silver (MAG), Seabridge Gold (SEA), K92 Mining (KNT), Torex Gold Resources (TXG), Aya Gold & Silver (AYA), New Gold (NGD), SilverCrest Metals (SIL), and Calibre Mining (CXB). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Interfor (TSE:IFP) and Canfor (TSE:CFP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Canfor has a net margin of -4.58% compared to Canfor's net margin of -9.05%. Interfor's return on equity of -6.09% beat Canfor's return on equity.
Canfor received 158 more outperform votes than Interfor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.15% of users gave Canfor an outperform vote while only 71.79% of users gave Interfor an outperform vote.
Canfor has higher revenue and earnings than Interfor. Canfor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Interfor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
49.9% of Interfor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.8% of Canfor shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Interfor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 53.8% of Canfor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Interfor presently has a consensus price target of C$26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.81%. Canfor has a consensus price target of C$21.17, suggesting a potential upside of 38.25%. Given Canfor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Interfor is more favorable than Canfor.
In the previous week, Interfor had 18 more articles in the media than Canfor. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Interfor and 0 mentions for Canfor. Canfor's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Interfor's score of 0.00 indicating that Interfor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Interfor has a beta of 2.64, meaning that its share price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canfor has a beta of 2.18, meaning that its share price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Interfor and Canfor tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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