WFG vs. AGI, ICL, ESI, CMC, VVV, HMY, CBT, OLN, PAAS, and NEU
Should you be buying West Fraser Timber stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of West Fraser Timber include Alamos Gold (AGI), ICL Group (ICL), Element Solutions (ESI), Commercial Metals (CMC), Valvoline (VVV), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Cabot (CBT), Olin (OLN), Pan American Silver (PAAS), and NewMarket (NEU). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
West Fraser Timber (NYSE:WFG) and Alamos Gold (NYSE:AGI) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
40.2% of West Fraser Timber shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.3% of Alamos Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of West Fraser Timber shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Alamos Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
West Fraser Timber pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Alamos Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. West Fraser Timber pays out -99.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alamos Gold pays out 19.2% 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.
In the previous week, Alamos Gold had 3 more articles in the media than West Fraser Timber. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Alamos Gold and 2 mentions for West Fraser Timber. West Fraser Timber's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Alamos Gold's score of 0.42 indicating that West Fraser Timber is being referred to more favorably in the media.
West Fraser Timber has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alamos Gold has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alamos Gold received 360 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 55.91% of users gave Alamos Gold an outperform vote.
Alamos Gold has a net margin of 19.41% compared to West Fraser Timber's net margin of -1.39%. Alamos Gold's return on equity of 7.38% beat West Fraser Timber's return on equity.
Alamos Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than West Fraser Timber. West Fraser Timber is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alamos Gold, 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 35.82%. Alamos Gold has a consensus target price of $18.15, suggesting a potential upside of 15.97%. Given West Fraser Timber's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe West Fraser Timber is more favorable than Alamos Gold.
Summary
West Fraser Timber and Alamos Gold tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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