CAS vs. UFS, ITP, RFP, DSY, GLN, AEZ, WPK, IPLP, RPI.UN, and SXP
Should you be buying Cascades stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cascades include Domtar (UFS), Intertape Polymer Group (ITP), Resolute Forest Products (RFP), Destiny Media Technologies (DSY), 14845 (GLN.TO) (GLN), 43844 (AEZ.TO) (AEZ), Winpak (WPK), IPL Plastics Inc. (IPLP.TO) (IPLP), Richards Packaging Income Fund (RPI.UN), and Supremex (SXP).
Cascades vs. Its Competitors
Domtar (TSE:UFS) and Cascades (TSE:CAS) are both business supplies companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
99.1% of Domtar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.8% of Cascades shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Domtar shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of Cascades shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Domtar has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cascades has a beta of 1.070461, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cascades had 10 more articles in the media than Domtar. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Cascades and 0 mentions for Domtar. Cascades' average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Domtar's score of 0.00 indicating that Cascades is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cascades has a consensus target price of C$11.33, suggesting a potential upside of 15.76%. Given Cascades' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cascades is more favorable than Domtar.
Domtar has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cascades. Cascades is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Domtar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Domtar has a net margin of 2.70% compared to Cascades' net margin of -1.62%. Domtar's return on equity of 4.36% beat Cascades' return on equity.
Summary
Domtar beats Cascades on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:CAS) was last updated on 9/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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