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Canfor (CFP) Competitors

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C$12.90 +0.10 (+0.78%)
As of 05/22/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

CFP vs. WFG, SJ, IFP, PL, ADN, WEF, GDL, GFP, CFF, and EVA

Should you be buying Canfor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canfor include West Fraser Timber (WFG), Stella-Jones (SJ), Interfor (IFP), Pinnacle Renewable Energy (PL), Acadian Timber (ADN), Western Forest Products (WEF), Goodfellow (GDL), GreenFirst Forest Products (GFP), Conifex Timber (CFF), and Enviva (EVA). These companies are all part of the "lumber & wood production" industry.

Canfor vs.

Canfor (TSE:CFP) and West Fraser Timber (TSE:WFG) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Canfor received 550 more outperform votes than West Fraser Timber when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.43% of users gave Canfor an outperform vote while only 63.48% of users gave West Fraser Timber an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CanforOutperform Votes
623
74.43%
Underperform Votes
214
25.57%
West Fraser TimberOutperform Votes
73
63.48%
Underperform Votes
42
36.52%

Canfor currently has a consensus price target of C$18.50, indicating a potential upside of 43.41%. West Fraser Timber has a consensus price target of C$142.00, indicating a potential upside of 39.74%. Given Canfor's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Canfor is more favorable than West Fraser Timber.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Canfor
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
West Fraser Timber
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50

Canfor has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, West Fraser Timber has a beta of 2.03, suggesting that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.

West Fraser Timber has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Canfor. West Fraser Timber is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canfor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CanforC$5.33B0.29-C$734.03M-C$6.01-2.15
West Fraser TimberC$4.36B1.30-C$66.55M-C$1.67-60.76

West Fraser Timber has a net margin of -1.53% compared to Canfor's net margin of -13.77%. West Fraser Timber's return on equity of -1.33% beat Canfor's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Canfor-13.77% -20.05% -5.36%
West Fraser Timber -1.53%-1.33%2.18%

In the previous week, Canfor had 3 more articles in the media than West Fraser Timber. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Canfor and 1 mentions for West Fraser Timber. West Fraser Timber's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Canfor's score of 0.15 indicating that West Fraser Timber is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Canfor
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
West Fraser Timber
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

14.1% of Canfor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.4% of West Fraser Timber shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.9% of Canfor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.7% of West Fraser Timber shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Canfor and West Fraser Timber tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CFP vs. The Competition

MetricCanforLumber & Wood Production IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$1.55BC$1.09BC$3.08BC$5.94B
Dividend Yield2.38%16.17%5.21%6.32%
P/E Ratio-2.159.0968.0229.92
Price / Sales0.2914.8225,633,028,482,418,500.00823.31
Price / Cash1.7916.7624.3483.71
Price / Book0.420.725.223.99
Net Income-C$734.03M-C$82.94MC$156.63MC$301.32M
7 Day Performance-5.29%0.26%2.42%0.86%
1 Month Performance0.70%7.53%5.53%7.58%
1 Year Performance-16.67%41.78%17.08%16.12%

Canfor Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CFP
Canfor
2.7698 of 5 stars
C$12.90
+0.8%
C$18.50
+43.4%
-16.7%C$1.55BC$5.33B-2.157,580News Coverage
WFG
West Fraser Timber
2.1481 of 5 stars
C$106.00
+2.0%
C$142.00
+34.0%
-9.4%C$5.90BC$4.36B-63.3811,000
SJ
Stella-Jones
1.6229 of 5 stars
C$74.92
+1.8%
C$86.17
+15.0%
-11.4%C$4.19BC$3.41B13.09280
IFP
Interfor
3.5286 of 5 stars
C$13.48
-3.0%
C$20.00
+48.4%
-33.3%C$698.07MC$3.08B-1.655,390
PL
Pinnacle Renewable Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$376.63MC$490.50M-74.77800
ADN
Acadian Timber
2.1146 of 5 stars
C$17.56
+0.5%
C$20.00
+13.9%
+1.7%C$310.82MC$121.07M11.01200
WEF
Western Forest Products
1.4755 of 5 stars
C$0.43
+1.2%
C$0.46
+8.8%
-21.6%C$134.62MC$1.04B-3.082,051
GDL
Goodfellow
N/AC$12.33
+2.7%
N/A-15.1%C$103.98MC$507.21M8.00687
GFP
GreenFirst Forest Products
N/AC$4.00
+2.6%
N/A+690.4%C$90.41MC$466.67M-1.791,100Gap Down
CFF
Conifex Timber
N/AC$0.38
+15.4%
C$0.85
+126.7%
-27.5%C$15.29MC$127.12M-0.68287Gap Down
High Trading Volume
EVA
Enviva
N/AN/AN/AN/A$0.00N/A0.001,390Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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This page (TSE:CFP) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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