Conifex Timber (CFF) Competitors

Orvana Minerals (TSE:ORV) and Conifex Timber (TSE:CFF) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Which has more risk & volatility, ORV or CFF?

Orvana Minerals has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Conifex Timber has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ORV or CFF?

Orvana Minerals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Conifex Timber. Orvana Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Conifex Timber, 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
Orvana Minerals	C$96.27M	0.24	-C$4.63M	-C$0.04	-4.25
Conifex Timber	C$132.58M	0.19	-C$25.46M	-C$0.64	-0.98

Do analysts recommend ORV or CFF?

Conifex Timber has a consensus price target of C$1.13, suggesting a potential upside of 78.57%. Given Orvana Minerals' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Conifex Timber is more favorable than Orvana Minerals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Orvana Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Conifex Timber	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ORV or CFF?

Conifex Timber received 66 more outperform votes than Orvana Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.43% of users gave Orvana Minerals an outperform vote while only 52.69% of users gave Conifex Timber an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Orvana Minerals	Outperform Votes 120 78.43%	Underperform Votes 33 21.57%
Conifex Timber	Outperform Votes 186 52.69%	Underperform Votes 167 47.31%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ORV or CFF?

40.1% of Conifex Timber shares are held by institutional investors. 52.0% of Orvana Minerals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Conifex Timber shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is ORV or CFF more profitable?

Orvana Minerals has a net margin of -4.81% compared to Orvana Minerals' net margin of -19.21%. Conifex Timber's return on equity of -8.75% beat Orvana Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Orvana Minerals	-4.81%	-8.75%	-0.27%
Conifex Timber	-19.21%	-18.96%	-10.59%

Does the media favor ORV or CFF?

In the previous week, Orvana Minerals had 1 more articles in the media than Conifex Timber. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Orvana Minerals and 1 mentions for Conifex Timber. Conifex Timber's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Orvana Minerals' score of 0.00 indicating that Orvana Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Orvana Minerals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Conifex Timber	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Orvana Minerals beats Conifex Timber on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.