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GreenFirst Forest Products (GFP) Competitors

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C$5.55 -0.05 (-0.89%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:17 PM ET)

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

Should you be buying GreenFirst Forest Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GreenFirst Forest Products include Stella-Jones (SJ), Canfor (CFP), 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.

GreenFirst Forest Products vs.

Stella-Jones (TSE:SJ) and GreenFirst Forest Products (TSE:GFP) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Stella-Jones pays an annual dividend of C$1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. GreenFirst Forest Products pays an annual dividend of C$0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.1%. Stella-Jones pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GreenFirst Forest Products pays out -30.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. GreenFirst Forest Products is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Stella-Jones currently has a consensus target price of C$88.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.42%. Given Stella-Jones' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Stella-Jones is more favorable than GreenFirst Forest Products.

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
GreenFirst Forest Products
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Stella-Jones has a net margin of 10.20% compared to GreenFirst Forest Products' net margin of -12.12%. Stella-Jones' return on equity of 20.64% beat GreenFirst Forest Products' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Stella-Jones10.20% 20.64% 9.38%
GreenFirst Forest Products -12.12%-26.52%-9.24%

Stella-Jones received 410 more outperform votes than GreenFirst Forest Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.33% of users gave Stella-Jones an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave GreenFirst Forest Products an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Stella-JonesOutperform Votes
411
63.33%
Underperform Votes
238
36.67%
GreenFirst Forest ProductsOutperform Votes
1
33.33%
Underperform Votes
2
66.67%

63.6% of Stella-Jones shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.8% of GreenFirst Forest Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Stella-Jones shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of GreenFirst Forest Products shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Stella-Jones has higher revenue and earnings than GreenFirst Forest Products. GreenFirst Forest Products 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$3.46B1.15C$353MC$6.1911.43
GreenFirst Forest ProductsC$386.32M2.55-C$46.81M-C$2.60-2.13

In the previous week, Stella-Jones had 2 more articles in the media than GreenFirst Forest Products. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Stella-Jones and 1 mentions for GreenFirst Forest Products. Stella-Jones' average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat GreenFirst Forest Products' score of 0.00 indicating that Stella-Jones is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Stella-Jones has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GreenFirst Forest Products has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Stella-Jones beats GreenFirst Forest Products on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GFP vs. The Competition

MetricGreenFirst Forest ProductsLumber & Wood Production IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$985.51MC$1.51BC$2.84BC$6.07B
Dividend Yield211.57%15.93%5.16%5.42%
P/E Ratio-2.1367.93112.6526.16
Price / Sales2.5520.86797,527.891,332.85
Price / Cash8.5116.7624.3782.30
Price / Book0.640.763.403.07
Net Income-C$46.81M-C$27.76MC$154.69MC$295.24M
7 Day Performance-1.77%-3.63%-2.91%-2.48%
1 Month Performance-1.07%-6.18%1.16%-0.91%
1 Year Performance509.89%21.93%17.12%33.65%

GreenFirst Forest Products Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GFP
GreenFirst Forest Products
N/AC$5.55
-0.9%
N/A+516.7%C$985.51MC$386.32M-2.131,100Gap Up
SJ
Stella-Jones
3.0481 of 5 stars
C$71.61
0.0%
C$88.00
+22.9%
-6.5%C$4.04BC$3.46B11.57280Insider Trade
News Coverage
CFP
Canfor
3.1781 of 5 stars
C$15.48
-3.4%
C$21.33
+37.8%
-17.6%C$1.83BC$5.36B-4.667,580Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
IFP
Interfor
3.1185 of 5 stars
C$17.80
-0.6%
C$24.50
+37.6%
-31.3%C$915.81MC$3.20B-2.545,390Analyst Forecast
News 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
2.819 of 5 stars
C$18.06
+0.2%
C$20.33
+12.6%
+5.1%C$316.77MC$120.41M9.71200News Coverage
WEF
Western Forest Products
2.1486 of 5 stars
C$0.42
-1.2%
C$0.63
+50.6%
-45.9%C$131.45MC$1.03B-3.002,051
GDL
Goodfellow
N/AC$13.00
-1.4%
N/A-5.5%C$110.24MC$510.75M8.44687Negative News
CFF
Conifex Timber
N/AC$0.39
+4.1%
C$0.85
+120.8%
-46.0%C$15.70MC$146.54M-0.54287Gap Down
EVA
Enviva
N/AN/AN/AN/A$0.00N/A0.001,390Gap Up
High Trading Volume
WFG
West Fraser Timber
N/AC$125.32
-1.6%
C$114.00
-9.0%
+9.1%C$9.79BC$6.55B55.8711,000

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This page (TSE:GFP) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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