CFX vs. UFS, RFP, MYA, NCX, CNC, MQR, GZZ, RMX, ECO, and ALO
Should you be buying Canfor Pulp Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canfor Pulp Products include Domtar (UFS), Resolute Forest Products (RFP), Maya Gold and Silver (MYA), NorthIsle Copper and Gold (NCX), Canada Nickel (CNC), Monarch Gold Co. (MQR.TO) (MQR), Golden Valley Mines (GZZ), Rubicon Minerals (RMX), EcoSynthetix (ECO), and Alio Gold Inc. (ALO.TO) (ALO).
Canfor Pulp Products vs.
Domtar (TSE:UFS) and Canfor Pulp Products (TSE:CFX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
Domtar has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canfor Pulp Products has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
99.1% of Domtar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.7% of Canfor Pulp Products shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Domtar shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.0% of Canfor Pulp Products shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Domtar has higher revenue and earnings than Canfor Pulp Products. Canfor Pulp Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Domtar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Canfor Pulp Products had 1 more articles in the media than Domtar. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Canfor Pulp Products and 0 mentions for Domtar. Domtar's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Canfor Pulp Products' score of -0.80 indicating that Domtar is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Canfor Pulp Products received 212 more outperform votes than Domtar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.54% of users gave Canfor Pulp Products an outperform vote while only 51.82% of users gave Domtar an outperform vote.
Domtar has a net margin of 2.70% compared to Canfor Pulp Products' net margin of -21.46%. Domtar's return on equity of 4.36% beat Canfor Pulp Products' return on equity.
Canfor Pulp Products has a consensus target price of C$1.19, indicating a potential upside of 56.25%. Given Canfor Pulp Products' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Canfor Pulp Products is more favorable than Domtar.
Summary
Domtar beats Canfor Pulp Products on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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