WFG vs. SJ, CFP, IFP, PL, ADN, WEF, GDL, GFP, CFF, and EVA
Should you be buying West Fraser Timber stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of West Fraser Timber include Stella-Jones (SJ), Canfor (CFP), Interfor (IFP), Pinnacle Renewable Energy (PL), Acadian Timber (ADN), Western Forest Products (WEF), Goodfellow (GDL), GreenFirst Forest Products (GFP), Conifex Timber (CFF), and Enviva (EVA). These companies are all part of the "lumber & wood production" industry.
West Fraser Timber (TSE:WFG) and Stella-Jones (TSE:SJ) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
Stella-Jones received 339 more outperform votes than West Fraser Timber when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.81% of users gave West Fraser Timber an outperform vote while only 64.01% of users gave Stella-Jones an outperform vote.
46.3% of West Fraser Timber shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of Stella-Jones shares are held by institutional investors. 33.1% of West Fraser Timber shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Stella-Jones shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Stella-Jones has a net margin of 10.14% compared to West Fraser Timber's net margin of -1.39%. Stella-Jones' return on equity of 20.77% beat West Fraser Timber's return on equity.
West Fraser Timber pays an annual dividend of C$1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Stella-Jones pays an annual dividend of C$1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. West Fraser Timber pays out -109.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stella-Jones pays out 18.8% 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. West Fraser Timber is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
West Fraser Timber currently has a consensus price target of C$115.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.14%. Stella-Jones has a consensus price target of C$89.57, indicating a potential upside of 4.27%. Given West Fraser Timber's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe West Fraser Timber is more favorable than Stella-Jones.
In the previous week, Stella-Jones had 1 more articles in the media than West Fraser Timber. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Stella-Jones and 0 mentions for West Fraser Timber. Stella-Jones' average media sentiment score of 0.05 beat West Fraser Timber's score of 0.00 indicating that Stella-Jones is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
West Fraser Timber has a beta of 2.09, meaning that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stella-Jones has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Stella-Jones has lower revenue, but higher earnings than West Fraser Timber. West Fraser Timber is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stella-Jones, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Stella-Jones beats West Fraser Timber on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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