PCH vs. UFPI, BCC, FBIN, LPX, RYN, TOL, WY, OHI, CUBE, and HR
Should you be buying Potlatch stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Potlatch include UFP Industries (UFPI), Boise Cascade (BCC), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), Rayonier (RYN), Toll Brothers (TOL), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), CubeSmart (CUBE), and Healthcare Realty Trust (HR).
Potlatch vs. Its Competitors
Potlatch (NASDAQ:PCH) and UFP Industries (NASDAQ:UFPI) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
UFP Industries has a net margin of 5.31% compared to Potlatch's net margin of 3.94%. UFP Industries' return on equity of 10.95% beat Potlatch's return on equity.
86.1% of Potlatch shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of UFP Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Potlatch shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of UFP Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Potlatch had 26 more articles in the media than UFP Industries. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Potlatch and 6 mentions for UFP Industries. UFP Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Potlatch's score of 0.08 indicating that UFP Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Potlatch pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. UFP Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Potlatch pays out 339.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. UFP Industries pays out 24.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UFP Industries has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.
Potlatch presently has a consensus target price of $49.33, suggesting a potential upside of 15.35%. UFP Industries has a consensus target price of $124.25, suggesting a potential upside of 37.05%. Given UFP Industries' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe UFP Industries is more favorable than Potlatch.
UFP Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Potlatch. UFP Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Potlatch, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Potlatch has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UFP Industries has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
UFP Industries beats Potlatch on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PCH) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff