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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

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

West Fraser Timber currently has a consensus target price of C$142.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.58%. CI Financial has a consensus target price of C$29.36, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given West Fraser Timber's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe West Fraser Timber is more favorable than CI Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
West Fraser Timber
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
CI Financial
2 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.75

West Fraser Timber has a beta of 1.835865, suggesting that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CI Financial has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, CI Financial had 1 more articles in the media than West Fraser Timber. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for CI Financial and 0 mentions for West Fraser Timber. West Fraser Timber's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled CI Financial'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
West Fraser Timber Neutral
CI Financial Neutral

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
West Fraser Timber-1.53% -1.33% 2.18%
CI Financial -1.94%-7.54%4.87%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
West Fraser TimberC$5.83B1.41-C$66.55M-C$1.61-64.58
CI FinancialC$3.57B0.00-C$69.09M-C$0.48N/A

West Fraser Timber pays an annual dividend of C$1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. CI Financial pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share. West Fraser Timber pays out -79.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CI Financial pays out -166.8% 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.

41.0% of West Fraser Timber shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.0% of CI Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 33.7% of West Fraser Timber shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of CI Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

West Fraser Timber beats CI Financial on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CIX vs. The Competition

MetricCI FinancialAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$4.61BC$1.39BC$6.25BC$9.37B
Dividend Yield2.56%4.60%4.32%6.53%
P/E Ratio-66.694,689.001,762.9725.65
Price / SalesN/A1,971.221,353.529.34
Price / Cash9.7760.62127.5283.29
Price / BookN/A1.372.055.40
Net Income-C$69.09MC$265.04MC$1.23BC$301.20M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.30%-0.20%1.97%
1 Month Performance0.16%1.01%1.75%7.79%
1 Year Performance86.53%8.07%27.02%41.14%

CI Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CIX
CI Financial
1.3301 of 5 stars
N/AC$29.36
+∞
+84.9%C$4.61BC$3.57B-66.69610
WFG
West Fraser Timber
1.5504 of 5 stars
C$100.04
+0.0%
C$142.00
+41.9%
-12.5%C$7.89BC$5.83B-62.1411,000
CR
Crew Energy
1.243 of 5 stars
N/AC$7.00
+∞
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
1.3652 of 5 stars
C$12.54
flat
C$13.38
+6.7%
-7.5%C$132.40MC$1.07B-5.592,051News Coverage
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
2.4877 of 5 stars
C$49.24
-0.7%
C$52.29
+6.2%
+29.0%C$11.61BC$3.63B12.013,300
ONEX
Onex
1.8476 of 5 stars
C$117.50
-0.1%
C$139.33
+18.6%
+33.0%C$8.06BC$841M16.03492

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This page (TSE:CIX) was last updated on 9/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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