WFG vs. CX, EXP, ACA, CXT, USLM, JBI, HLIO, JELD, LOMA, and LEGH
Should you be buying West Fraser Timber stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of West Fraser Timber include CEMEX (CX), Eagle Materials (EXP), Arcosa (ACA), Crane NXT (CXT), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), Janus International Group (JBI), Helios Technologies (HLIO), JELD-WEN (JELD), Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (LOMA), and Legacy Housing (LEGH). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
West Fraser Timber (NYSE:WFG) and CEMEX (NYSE:CX) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
CEMEX has higher revenue and earnings than West Fraser Timber. West Fraser Timber is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CEMEX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, West Fraser Timber had 2 more articles in the media than CEMEX. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for West Fraser Timber and 15 mentions for CEMEX. West Fraser Timber's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat CEMEX's score of 0.15 indicating that West Fraser Timber is being referred to more favorably in the media.
40.2% of West Fraser Timber shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of CEMEX shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of West Fraser Timber shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of CEMEX shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
West Fraser Timber presently has a consensus target price of $106.75, indicating a potential upside of 21.56%. CEMEX has a consensus target price of $9.24, indicating a potential upside of 43.08%. Given CEMEX's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CEMEX is more favorable than West Fraser Timber.
CEMEX received 497 more outperform votes than West Fraser Timber when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.79% of users gave West Fraser Timber an outperform vote while only 63.98% of users gave CEMEX an outperform vote.
West Fraser Timber pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. CEMEX pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. West Fraser Timber pays out -105.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CEMEX pays out 14.3% 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 has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CEMEX has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
West Fraser Timber has a net margin of 2.23% compared to CEMEX's net margin of 1.28%. West Fraser Timber's return on equity of 3.82% beat CEMEX's return on equity.
Summary
West Fraser Timber beats CEMEX on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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