WFG vs. UFPI, WPM, CCJ, FNV, MT, STLD, WLK, RS, CE, and IP
Should you be buying West Fraser Timber stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of West Fraser Timber include UFP Industries (UFPI), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Cameco (CCJ), Franco-Nevada (FNV), ArcelorMittal (MT), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Westlake (WLK), Reliance (RS), Celanese (CE), and International Paper (IP).
West Fraser Timber (NYSE:WFG) and UFP Industries (NASDAQ:UFPI) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
West Fraser Timber has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UFP Industries has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
UFP Industries has a net margin of 7.24% compared to West Fraser Timber's net margin of -1.39%. UFP Industries' return on equity of 17.07% beat West Fraser Timber's return on equity.
40.2% of West Fraser Timber shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of UFP Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of West Fraser Timber shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of UFP Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, West Fraser Timber and West Fraser Timber both had 4 articles in the media. West Fraser Timber's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat UFP Industries' score of 1.19 indicating that West Fraser Timber is being referred to more favorably in the media.
UFP Industries has higher revenue and earnings than West Fraser Timber. West Fraser Timber is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UFP Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
West Fraser Timber currently has a consensus target price of $106.25, suggesting a potential upside of 36.18%. UFP Industries has a consensus target price of $116.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.37%. Given West Fraser Timber's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe West Fraser Timber is more favorable than UFP Industries.
UFP Industries received 254 more outperform votes than West Fraser Timber when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.36% of users gave West Fraser Timber an outperform vote while only 61.92% of users gave UFP Industries an outperform vote.
West Fraser Timber pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. UFP Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. West Fraser Timber pays out -99.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UFP Industries pays out 16.4% 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. West Fraser Timber is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
UFP Industries beats West Fraser Timber on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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