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Interfor (IFP) Competitors

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C$17.70 -0.10 (-0.56%)
(As of 12/17/2024 ET)

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

Should you be buying Interfor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Interfor include Canfor (CFP), GreenFirst Forest Products (GFP), Pinnacle Renewable Energy (PL), Acadian Timber (ADN), Western Forest Products (WEF), Goodfellow (GDL), 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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.

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$5.36B0.34-C$395.80M-C$3.37-4.60
InterforC$3.20B0.28-C$360.10M-C$7.00-2.53

Canfor presently has a consensus price target of C$21.33, indicating a potential upside of 37.63%. Interfor has a consensus price target of C$24.50, indicating a potential upside of 38.42%. Given Interfor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Interfor is more favorable than Canfor.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Canfor
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Interfor
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

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.

Canfor received 161 more outperform votes than Interfor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.79% of users gave Canfor an outperform vote while only 70.92% of users gave Interfor an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CanforOutperform Votes
617
74.79%
Underperform Votes
208
25.21%
InterforOutperform Votes
456
70.92%
Underperform Votes
187
29.08%

14.1% of Canfor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.8% of Interfor shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.9% of Canfor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Interfor 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.

Canfor has a net margin of -7.39% compared to Interfor's net margin of -11.26%. Canfor's return on equity of -9.65% beat Interfor's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Canfor-7.39% -9.65% -5.36%
Interfor -11.26%-20.18%-4.54%

In the previous week, Canfor had 1 more articles in the media than Interfor. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Canfor and 3 mentions for Interfor. Interfor's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Canfor's score of 0.74 indicating that Interfor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Canfor
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Interfor
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

Canfor beats Interfor on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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IFP vs. The Competition

MetricInterforLumber & Wood Production IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$910.67MC$1.67BC$2.75BC$5.31B
Dividend Yield12.47%16.81%5.27%5.75%
P/E Ratio-2.5369.77118.6127.22
Price / Sales0.2816.20727,313.351,103.93
Price / Cash8.5217.6923.5882.57
Price / Book0.560.763.443.74
Net Income-C$360.10M-C$28.66MC$151.39MC$286.38M
7 Day Performance-4.43%-2.47%-2.63%-1.50%
1 Month Performance-6.60%-5.11%5.03%2.41%
1 Year Performance-17.06%28.63%21.60%36.68%

Interfor Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IFP
Interfor
3.331 of 5 stars
C$17.70
-0.6%
C$24.50
+38.4%
-17.1%C$910.67MC$3.20B-2.535,390News Coverage
Positive News
CFP
Canfor
2.614 of 5 stars
C$15.48
-3.4%
C$21.33
+37.8%
-3.2%C$1.83BC$5.36B-4.667,580
GFP
GreenFirst Forest Products
N/AC$5.80
+2.7%
N/A+486.6%C$1.03BC$386.32M-2.241,100News Coverage
Gap Up
PL
Pinnacle Renewable Energy
N/AC$11.29
-0.1%
N/AN/AC$376.63MC$490.50M-74.77800
ADN
Acadian Timber
N/AC$18.06
+0.2%
C$20.33
+12.6%
+5.3%C$316.77MC$120.41M9.69200
WEF
Western Forest Products
2.2374 of 5 stars
C$0.42
-1.2%
C$0.63
+50.6%
-39.6%C$131.45MC$1.03B-3.002,051News Coverage
GDL
Goodfellow
N/AC$13.00
-1.4%
N/A-7.5%C$110.24MC$510.75M8.56687
CFF
Conifex Timber
N/AC$0.39
+4.1%
C$0.85
+120.8%
-37.1%C$15.70MC$146.54M-0.54287
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%
+22.2%C$9.79BC$6.55B55.8711,000
SJ
Stella-Jones
2.175 of 5 stars
C$71.61
0.0%
C$88.00
+22.9%
-1.6%C$4.04BC$3.46B11.57280

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This page (TSE:IFP) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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