CI Financial (CIX) Competitors

CI Financial (TSE:CIX) and West Fraser Timber (TSE:WFG) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CIX or WFG?

15.0% of CI Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.4% of West Fraser Timber shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.8% of CI Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.7% of West Fraser Timber 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, CIX or WFG?

CI Financial has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, West Fraser Timber has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CIX or WFG?

In the previous week, CI Financial had 13 more articles in the media than West Fraser Timber. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for CI Financial and 1 mentions for West Fraser Timber. CI Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat West Fraser Timber's score of 0.00 indicating that CI Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CI Financial	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
West Fraser Timber	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate CIX or WFG?

CI Financial currently has a consensus price target of C$24.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.68%. West Fraser Timber has a consensus price target of C$114.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given CI Financial's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe CI Financial is more favorable than West Fraser Timber.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CI Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
West Fraser Timber	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CIX or WFG?

West Fraser Timber has higher revenue and earnings than CI Financial. CI Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than West Fraser Timber, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CI Financial	C$3.50B	0.96	-C$53.93M	-C$0.27	-88.37
West Fraser Timber	C$6.55B	0.00	C$145M	C$2.28	N/A

Is CIX or WFG a better dividend stock?

CI Financial pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. West Fraser Timber pays an annual dividend of C$1.73 per share. CI Financial pays out -296.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. West Fraser Timber pays out 75.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CI Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is CIX or WFG more profitable?

West Fraser Timber has a net margin of 2.21% compared to CI Financial's net margin of -1.54%. West Fraser Timber's return on equity of 1.98% beat CI Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CI Financial	-1.54%	-4.48%	4.87%
West Fraser Timber	2.21%	1.98%	2.18%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CIX or WFG?

CI Financial received 376 more outperform votes than West Fraser Timber when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.86% of users gave West Fraser Timber an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave CI Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CI Financial	Outperform Votes 448 58.33%	Underperform Votes 320 41.67%
West Fraser Timber	Outperform Votes 72 64.86%	Underperform Votes 39 35.14%

Summary

West Fraser Timber beats CI Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.