UFP Industries (UFPI) Competitors

UFP Industries (NASDAQ:UFPI) and Boise Cascade (NYSE:BCC) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of UFPI or BCC?

81.8% of UFP Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Boise Cascade shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of UFP Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Boise Cascade shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is UFPI or BCC more profitable?

UFP Industries has a net margin of 5.64% compared to Boise Cascade's net margin of 4.72%. Boise Cascade's return on equity of 14.36% beat UFP Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UFP Industries	5.64%	11.78%	9.06%
Boise Cascade	4.72%	14.36%	8.95%

Do analysts prefer UFPI or BCC?

UFP Industries presently has a consensus target price of $143.00, suggesting a potential upside of 41.50%. Boise Cascade has a consensus target price of $116.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.28%. Given UFP Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe UFP Industries is more favorable than Boise Cascade.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UFP Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Boise Cascade	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Which has better valuation and earnings, UFPI or BCC?

UFP Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Boise Cascade. Boise Cascade is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UFP Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
UFP Industries	$6.65B	0.92	$414.56M	$6.11	16.54
Boise Cascade	$6.72B	0.47	$376.35M	$8.01	10.47

Which has more volatility and risk, UFPI or BCC?

UFP Industries has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boise Cascade has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is UFPI or BCC a better dividend stock?

UFP Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Boise Cascade pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. UFP Industries pays out 22.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Boise Cascade pays out 10.5% 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. UFP Industries has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Boise Cascade has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Does the media prefer UFPI or BCC?

In the previous week, UFP Industries and UFP Industries both had 8 articles in the media. Boise Cascade's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat UFP Industries' score of 0.65 indicating that Boise Cascade is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
UFP Industries	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Boise Cascade	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

UFP Industries beats Boise Cascade on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.