GDL vs. PL, ADN, WEF, GFP, CFF, EVA, WFG, SJ, CFP, and IFP
Should you be buying Goodfellow stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Goodfellow include Pinnacle Renewable Energy (PL), Acadian Timber (ADN), Western Forest Products (WEF), GreenFirst Forest Products (GFP), Conifex Timber (CFF), Enviva (EVA), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Stella-Jones (SJ), Canfor (CFP), and Interfor (IFP). These companies are all part of the "lumber & wood production" industry.
Goodfellow (TSE:GDL) and Pinnacle Renewable Energy (TSE:PL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Goodfellow received 36 more outperform votes than Pinnacle Renewable Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.03% of users gave Goodfellow an outperform vote while only 62.69% of users gave Pinnacle Renewable Energy an outperform vote.
10.7% of Goodfellow shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.9% of Goodfellow shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Goodfellow pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Pinnacle Renewable Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.26 per share. Goodfellow pays out 57.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pinnacle Renewable Energy pays out -173.8% 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.
In the previous week, Pinnacle Renewable Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Goodfellow. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Pinnacle Renewable Energy and 1 mentions for Goodfellow. Pinnacle Renewable Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Goodfellow's score of 0.30 indicating that Pinnacle Renewable Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Goodfellow has higher revenue and earnings than Pinnacle Renewable Energy. Pinnacle Renewable Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Goodfellow, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Goodfellow has a net margin of 2.89% compared to Pinnacle Renewable Energy's net margin of 0.00%. Goodfellow's return on equity of 7.94% beat Pinnacle Renewable Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Goodfellow beats Pinnacle Renewable Energy on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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