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