GFP vs. ADN, WEF, GDL, CFF, EVA, WFG, SJ, CFP, IFP, and PL
Should you be buying GreenFirst Forest Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GreenFirst Forest Products include Acadian Timber (ADN), Western Forest Products (WEF), Goodfellow (GDL), Conifex Timber (CFF), Enviva (EVA), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Stella-Jones (SJ), Canfor (CFP), Interfor (IFP), and Pinnacle Renewable Energy (PL). These companies are all part of the "lumber & wood production" industry.
Acadian Timber (TSE:ADN) and GreenFirst Forest Products (TSE:GFP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Acadian Timber pays an annual dividend of C$1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. GreenFirst Forest Products pays an annual dividend of C$0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 147.2%. Acadian Timber pays out 66.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GreenFirst Forest Products pays out -325.0% 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.
10.6% of Acadian Timber shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.2% of GreenFirst Forest Products shares are held by institutional investors. 47.0% of Acadian Timber shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of GreenFirst Forest Products shares are held by 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.
In the previous week, Acadian Timber had 1 more articles in the media than GreenFirst Forest Products. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Acadian Timber and 1 mentions for GreenFirst Forest Products. GreenFirst Forest Products' average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Acadian Timber's score of -0.66 indicating that Acadian Timber is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Acadian Timber has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GreenFirst Forest Products. GreenFirst Forest Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acadian Timber, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Acadian Timber currently has a consensus price target of C$19.63, suggesting a potential upside of 11.95%. Given GreenFirst Forest Products' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Acadian Timber is more favorable than GreenFirst Forest Products.
Acadian Timber has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GreenFirst Forest Products has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Acadian Timber has a net margin of 29.86% compared to Acadian Timber's net margin of -10.40%. GreenFirst Forest Products' return on equity of 9.48% beat Acadian Timber's return on equity.
Acadian Timber received 212 more outperform votes than GreenFirst Forest Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.38% of users gave Acadian Timber an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave GreenFirst Forest Products an outperform vote.
Summary
Acadian Timber beats GreenFirst Forest Products on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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