IFP vs. CFP, PL, ADN, GDL, GFP, CFF, EVA, WFG, SJ, and WEF
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), Goodfellow (GDL), GreenFirst Forest Products (GFP), Conifex Timber (CFF), Enviva (EVA), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Stella-Jones (SJ), and Western Forest Products (WEF). These companies are all part of the "lumber & wood production" industry.
Interfor vs. Its Competitors
Canfor (TSE:CFP) and Interfor (TSE:IFP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Canfor presently has a consensus price target of C$17.25, suggesting a potential upside of 27.87%. Interfor has a consensus price target of C$18.60, suggesting a potential upside of 49.76%. Given Interfor's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Interfor is more favorable than Canfor.
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.
In the previous week, Canfor had 2 more articles in the media than Interfor. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Canfor and 2 mentions for Interfor. Interfor's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Canfor's score of 0.11 indicating that Interfor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Canfor has a beta of 2.08, meaning that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Interfor has a beta of 2.54, meaning that its share price is 154% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Canfor beats Interfor on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:IFP) was last updated on 8/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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