GFP vs. ADN, WEF, GDL, CFF, EVA, WFG, SJ, CFP, IFP, and PL
Should you be buying GreenFirst Forest Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GreenFirst Forest Products include Acadian Timber (ADN), Western Forest Products (WEF), Goodfellow (GDL), Conifex Timber (CFF), Enviva (EVA), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Stella-Jones (SJ), Canfor (CFP), Interfor (IFP), and Pinnacle Renewable Energy (PL). These companies are all part of the "lumber & wood production" industry.
GreenFirst Forest Products vs.
Acadian Timber (TSE:ADN) and GreenFirst Forest Products (TSE:GFP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.
Acadian Timber has a net margin of 23.17% compared to GreenFirst Forest Products' net margin of -10.79%. Acadian Timber's return on equity of 8.55% beat GreenFirst Forest Products' return on equity.
Acadian Timber pays an annual dividend of C$1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. GreenFirst Forest Products pays an annual dividend of C$0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.3%. Acadian Timber pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GreenFirst Forest Products pays out -35.0% 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.
10.1% of Acadian Timber shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.8% of GreenFirst Forest Products shares are held by institutional investors. 48.4% of Acadian Timber shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of GreenFirst Forest Products shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Acadian Timber has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% 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.
Acadian Timber has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GreenFirst Forest Products. GreenFirst Forest Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acadian Timber, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Acadian Timber presently has a consensus price target of C$20.33, indicating a potential upside of 15.27%. Given Acadian Timber's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Acadian Timber is more favorable than GreenFirst Forest Products.
Acadian Timber received 213 more outperform votes than GreenFirst Forest Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.49% of users gave Acadian Timber an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave GreenFirst Forest Products an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Acadian Timber had 2 more articles in the media than GreenFirst Forest Products. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Acadian Timber and 0 mentions for GreenFirst Forest Products. Acadian Timber's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat GreenFirst Forest Products' score of 0.00 indicating that Acadian Timber is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Acadian Timber beats GreenFirst Forest Products on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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