WFG vs. LPX, JHX, CX, EXP, FBIN, ACA, TGLS, SKY, CXT, and USLM
Should you be buying West Fraser Timber stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of West Fraser Timber include Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), James Hardie Industries (JHX), Cemex (CX), Eagle Materials (EXP), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), Arcosa (ACA), Tecnoglass (TGLS), Champion Homes (SKY), Crane NXT (CXT), and United States Lime & Minerals (USLM).
West Fraser Timber vs. Its Competitors
West Fraser Timber (NYSE:WFG) and Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE:LPX) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
West Fraser Timber has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Louisiana-Pacific has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.
West Fraser Timber currently has a consensus target price of $100.40, suggesting a potential upside of 32.72%. Louisiana-Pacific has a consensus target price of $106.63, suggesting a potential upside of 16.28%. Given West Fraser Timber's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe West Fraser Timber is more favorable than Louisiana-Pacific.
West Fraser Timber pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Louisiana-Pacific pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. West Fraser Timber pays out -752.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Louisiana-Pacific pays out 19.6% 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 has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Louisiana-Pacific has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years. West Fraser Timber is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Louisiana-Pacific has lower revenue, but higher earnings than West Fraser Timber. West Fraser Timber is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Louisiana-Pacific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Louisiana-Pacific has a net margin of 13.74% compared to West Fraser Timber's net margin of 0.03%. Louisiana-Pacific's return on equity of 23.75% beat West Fraser Timber's return on equity.
40.2% of West Fraser Timber shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of Louisiana-Pacific shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of West Fraser Timber shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Louisiana-Pacific shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Louisiana-Pacific had 9 more articles in the media than West Fraser Timber. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Louisiana-Pacific and 5 mentions for West Fraser Timber. West Fraser Timber's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Louisiana-Pacific's score of 0.17 indicating that West Fraser Timber is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Louisiana-Pacific beats West Fraser Timber on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WFG) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
