CFX vs. UFS, RFP, SVE, GMX, MAW, INV, NEXT, DEF, ZNG, and ABI
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), Silver One Resources (SVE), Globex Mining Enterprises (GMX), Mawson Gold (MAW), INV Metals (INV), NextSource Materials (NEXT), Defiance Silver (DEF), Group Eleven Resources (ZNG), and Abcourt Mines (ABI).
Canfor Pulp Products vs. Its Competitors
Canfor Pulp Products (TSE:CFX) and Domtar (TSE:UFS) are both 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, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Canfor Pulp Products has a beta of 0.046923, indicating that its stock price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Domtar has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 presently has a consensus target price of C$0.83, suggesting a potential upside of 113.68%. Given Canfor Pulp Products' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Canfor Pulp Products is more favorable than Domtar.
In the previous week, Canfor Pulp Products had 6 more articles in the media than Domtar. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Canfor Pulp Products and 0 mentions for Domtar. Canfor Pulp Products' average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Domtar's score of 0.00 indicating that Canfor Pulp Products is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
5.4% of Canfor Pulp Products shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.1% of Domtar shares are held by institutional investors. 55.0% of Canfor Pulp Products shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Domtar shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Domtar beats Canfor Pulp Products on 9 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:CFX) was last updated on 10/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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