CIX vs. WFG, WEF, CR, CRH, 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), Western Forest Products (WEF), Crew Energy (CR), CRH Medical (CRH), 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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.
CI Financial has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, West Fraser Timber has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CI Financial had 2 more articles in the media than West Fraser Timber. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for CI Financial and 0 mentions for West Fraser Timber. CI Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat West Fraser Timber's score of 0.00 indicating that CI Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
15.0% of CI Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.4% of West Fraser Timber shares are held by institutional investors. 15.8% of CI Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.7% of West Fraser Timber shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CI Financial pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share. 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 presently has a consensus price target of C$29.36, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. West Fraser Timber has a consensus price target of C$142.00, indicating a potential upside of 38.24%. Given West Fraser Timber's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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.
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.
Summary
West Fraser Timber beats CI Financial on 11 of the 17 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 8/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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