WFG vs. CIX, CR, CRH, WEF, SWH, SNA, B, EVA, SJ, and CFP
Should you be buying West Fraser Timber stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of West Fraser Timber include CI Financial (CIX), Crew Energy (CR), CRH Medical (CRH), Western Forest Products (WEF), Sunwah International (SWH), 43223 (SNA.V) (SNA), Bombardier, Inc. Preferred Shares Series 2 (B), Enviva (EVA), Stella-Jones (SJ), and Canfor (CFP).
West Fraser Timber vs.
West Fraser Timber (TSE:WFG) and CI Financial (TSE:CIX) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
West Fraser Timber has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CI Financial has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CI Financial had 2 more articles in the media than West Fraser Timber. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for CI Financial and 0 mentions for West Fraser Timber. CI Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat West Fraser Timber's score of 0.00 indicating that CI Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
West Fraser Timber presently has a consensus target price of C$170.00, indicating a potential upside of 54.26%. CI Financial has a consensus target price of C$27.94, indicating a potential downside of 10.31%. Given West Fraser Timber's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe West Fraser Timber is more favorable than CI Financial.
CI Financial received 376 more outperform votes than West Fraser Timber when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.16% of users gave West Fraser Timber an outperform vote while only 57.96% of users gave CI Financial an outperform vote.
West Fraser Timber pays an annual dividend of C$1.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. CI Financial pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. West Fraser Timber pays out -103.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CI Financial pays out -166.8% 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. CI Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
46.4% of West Fraser Timber shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.0% of CI Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.7% of West Fraser Timber shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of CI Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
West Fraser Timber has higher revenue and earnings than CI Financial. West Fraser Timber is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CI Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
West Fraser Timber has a net margin of -1.53% compared to CI Financial's net margin of -1.94%. West Fraser Timber's return on equity of -1.33% beat CI Financial's return on equity.
Summary
West Fraser Timber beats CI Financial on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:WFG) was last updated on 3/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
