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.
GreenFirst Forest Products (TSE:GFP) and Stella-Jones (TSE:SJ) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
GreenFirst Forest Products pays an annual dividend of C$0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.9%. Stella-Jones pays an annual dividend of C$1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. GreenFirst Forest Products pays out -30.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stella-Jones pays out 18.1% 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 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.
In the previous week, Stella-Jones had 7 more articles in the media than GreenFirst Forest Products. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Stella-Jones and 0 mentions for GreenFirst Forest Products. Stella-Jones' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat GreenFirst Forest Products' score of -0.19 indicating that Stella-Jones is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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.
GreenFirst Forest Products has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stella-Jones has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Stella-Jones has a consensus price target of C$88.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.54%. Given Stella-Jones' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Stella-Jones is more favorable than GreenFirst Forest Products.
44.8% of GreenFirst Forest Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.6% of Stella-Jones shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.0% of GreenFirst Forest Products shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Stella-Jones shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Stella-Jones beats GreenFirst Forest Products on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:GFP) was last updated on 11/20/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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