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CI Financial (CIX) Competitors

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C$31.80 +0.05 (+0.16%)
As of 07/25/2025 04:24 PM Eastern

CIX vs. WFG, CR, CRH, WEF, SWH, SNA, B, EVA, IGM, and ONEX

Should you be buying CI Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CI Financial include West Fraser Timber (WFG), Crew Energy (CR), CRH Medical (CRH), Western Forest Products (WEF), Sunwah International (SWH), 43223 (SNA.V) (SNA), Bombardier, Inc. Preferred Shares Series 2 (B), Enviva (EVA), IGM Financial (IGM), and Onex (ONEX).

CI Financial vs. Its Competitors

CI Financial (TSE:CIX) and West Fraser Timber (TSE:WFG) are both mid-cap construction materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

CI Financial has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, West Fraser Timber has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.

CI Financial currently has a consensus target price of C$29.36, indicating a potential downside of 7.68%. West Fraser Timber has a consensus target price of C$142.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.64%. Given West Fraser Timber's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe West Fraser Timber is more favorable than CI Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CI Financial
2 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.75
West Fraser Timber
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

West Fraser Timber has a net margin of -1.53% compared to CI Financial's net margin of -1.94%. West Fraser Timber's return on equity of -1.33% beat CI Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CI Financial-1.94% -7.54% 4.87%
West Fraser Timber -1.53%-1.33%2.18%

CI Financial pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. West Fraser Timber pays an annual dividend of C$1.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. CI Financial pays out -166.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. West Fraser Timber pays out -103.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. CI Financial has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. CI Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

15.0% of CI Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.4% of West Fraser Timber shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.8% of CI Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.7% of West Fraser Timber shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CI FinancialC$3.57B1.28-C$69.09M-C$0.48-66.29
West Fraser TimberC$4.36B1.26-C$66.55M-C$1.67-59.11

In the previous week, West Fraser Timber had 12 more articles in the media than CI Financial. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for West Fraser Timber and 2 mentions for CI Financial. CI Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat West Fraser Timber's score of -0.16 indicating that CI Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CI Financial
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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

West Fraser Timber beats CI Financial on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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CIX vs. The Competition

MetricCI FinancialAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$4.58BC$1.31BC$6.46BC$6.31B
Dividend Yield2.56%4.38%4.19%6.72%
P/E Ratio-66.2922.4714.0875.38
Price / Sales1.282,365.421,726.481,359.95
Price / Cash9.7760.71128.7183.29
Price / Book5.601.231.964.89
Net Income-C$69.09MC$264.35MC$1.24BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance0.32%0.05%0.47%1.20%
1 Month Performance0.57%1.77%3.23%4.81%
1 Year Performance88.84%6.50%25.50%26.10%

CI Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CIX
CI Financial
0.6107 of 5 stars
C$31.80
+0.2%
C$29.36
-7.7%
+90.3%C$4.58BC$3.57B-66.29610
WFG
West Fraser Timber
2.1434 of 5 stars
C$103.17
-0.5%
C$142.00
+37.6%
-15.7%C$5.75BC$4.36B-61.6811,000News Coverage
Analyst Revision
CR
Crew Energy
2.119 of 5 stars
N/AC$7.48
+∞
N/AC$1.16BC$304.96M17.2111,000High Trading Volume
CRH
CRH Medical
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$357.38MC$106.17M-11.9777,400
WEF
Western Forest Products
1.4978 of 5 stars
C$0.41
flat
C$0.46
+14.2%
-2.4%C$128.28MC$1.04B-2.942,051Trending News
Analyst Revision
SWH
Sunwah International
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$27.01MC$2.73M-41.4354,200High Trading Volume
SNA
43223 (SNA.V)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$0.00N/A0.0012,900Gap Up
B
Bombardier, Inc. Preferred Shares Series 2
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$0.00N/A0.005,200High Trading Volume
EVA
Enviva
N/AN/AN/AN/A$0.00N/A0.001,390Gap Up
High Trading Volume
IGM
IGM Financial
1.3738 of 5 stars
C$42.77
+1.0%
C$48.71
+13.9%
+19.2%C$10.20BC$3.35B10.963,300
ONEX
Onex
1.4445 of 5 stars
C$114.52
+2.2%
C$130.50
+14.0%
+19.1%C$5.74BC$645.09M9.10492

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This page (TSE:CIX) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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