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Interfor (IFP) Competitors

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C$13.64 -0.20 (-1.45%)
As of 04/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

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

Should you be buying Interfor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Interfor include Canfor (CFP), Pinnacle Renewable Energy (PL), Acadian Timber (ADN), Western Forest Products (WEF), Goodfellow (GDL), GreenFirst Forest Products (GFP), Conifex Timber (CFF), Enviva (EVA), West Fraser Timber (WFG), and Stella-Jones (SJ). These companies are all part of the "lumber & wood production" industry.

Interfor vs.

Canfor (TSE:CFP) and Interfor (TSE:IFP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

Interfor has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Canfor. Canfor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Interfor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CanforC$5.33B0.29-C$734.03M-C$6.01-2.14
InterforC$3.08B0.23-C$426.19M-C$8.18-1.67

Canfor has a net margin of -13.77% compared to Interfor's net margin of -13.82%. Canfor's return on equity of -20.05% beat Interfor's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Canfor-13.77% -20.05% -5.36%
Interfor -13.82%-25.85%-4.54%

In the previous week, Canfor and Canfor both had 1 articles in the media. Canfor's average media sentiment score of -0.12 beat Interfor's score of -1.00 indicating that Canfor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Canfor Neutral
Interfor Negative

Canfor has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Interfor has a beta of 2.54, suggesting that its share price is 154% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Canfor received 161 more outperform votes than Interfor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.52% of users gave Canfor an outperform vote while only 70.62% of users gave Interfor an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CanforOutperform Votes
620
74.52%
Underperform Votes
212
25.48%
InterforOutperform Votes
459
70.62%
Underperform Votes
191
29.38%

14.1% of Canfor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.8% of Interfor shares are held by institutional investors. 53.9% of Canfor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Interfor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Canfor currently has a consensus target price of C$19.67, suggesting a potential upside of 52.93%. Interfor has a consensus target price of C$22.67, suggesting a potential upside of 66.18%. Given Interfor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Interfor is more favorable than Canfor.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Canfor
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Interfor
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Summary

Canfor beats Interfor on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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IFP vs. The Competition

MetricInterforLumber & Wood Production IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$706.36MC$1.05BC$2.97BC$5.52B
Dividend Yield12.47%16.17%5.22%6.83%
P/E Ratio-1.678.5675.8429.92
Price / Sales0.2313.3623,069,725,634,249,600.00567.99
Price / Cash8.5216.7624.3383.20
Price / Book0.470.675.223.53
Net Income-C$426.19M-C$82.94MC$155.25MC$300.83M
7 Day Performance-2.08%0.08%2.85%3.56%
1 Month Performance-10.32%-4.95%1.57%-2.60%
1 Year Performance-23.28%13.93%16.40%11.55%

Interfor Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IFP
Interfor
2.5508 of 5 stars
C$13.64
-1.4%
C$22.67
+66.2%
-23.3%C$706.36MC$3.08B-1.675,390Analyst Forecast
Negative News
CFP
Canfor
1.8621 of 5 stars
C$13.36
-5.5%
C$20.00
+49.7%
-10.1%C$1.61BC$5.33B-2.227,580Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
PL
Pinnacle Renewable Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$376.63MC$490.50M-74.77800
ADN
Acadian Timber
2.1851 of 5 stars
C$16.54
-1.5%
C$20.33
+22.9%
-0.6%C$292.76MC$121.07M10.37200Gap Up
High Trading Volume
WEF
Western Forest Products
1.9732 of 5 stars
C$0.39
-1.3%
C$0.56
+44.2%
-33.0%C$123.53MC$1.04B-2.832,051Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
GDL
Goodfellow
N/AC$11.10
-3.5%
N/A-19.7%C$93.61MC$507.21M7.20687News Coverage
Negative News
Gap Down
GFP
GreenFirst Forest Products
N/AC$3.54
+3.5%
N/A+351.3%C$80.01MC$466.67M-1.591,100Gap Up
CFF
Conifex Timber
N/AC$0.28
-6.7%
C$0.85
+203.6%
-42.6%C$11.42MC$127.12M-0.51287
EVA
Enviva
N/AN/AN/AN/A$0.00N/A0.001,390Gap Up
High Trading Volume
WFG
West Fraser Timber
1.9342 of 5 stars
C$100.39
-4.0%
C$170.00
+69.3%
-5.8%C$5.59BC$4.36B-60.0211,000Gap Down
SJ
Stella-Jones
2.5539 of 5 stars
C$64.51
-2.0%
C$86.60
+34.2%
-16.8%C$3.61BC$3.41B11.27280Gap Down

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