GFP vs. GDL, CFF, EVA, WFG, SJ, WEF, CFP, IFP, PL, and ADN
Should you be buying GreenFirst Forest Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GreenFirst Forest Products include Goodfellow (GDL), Conifex Timber (CFF), Enviva (EVA), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Stella-Jones (SJ), Western Forest Products (WEF), Canfor (CFP), Interfor (IFP), Pinnacle Renewable Energy (PL), and Acadian Timber (ADN). These companies are all part of the "lumber & wood production" industry.
GreenFirst Forest Products vs. Its Competitors
GreenFirst Forest Products (TSE:GFP) and Goodfellow (TSE:GDL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.
Goodfellow has higher revenue and earnings than GreenFirst Forest Products. GreenFirst Forest Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Goodfellow, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GreenFirst Forest Products pays an annual dividend of C$0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 26.9%. Goodfellow pays an annual dividend of C$0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. GreenFirst Forest Products pays out -35.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Goodfellow pays out 32.5% 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. GreenFirst Forest Products is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
GreenFirst Forest Products has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Goodfellow has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Goodfellow has a net margin of 2.56% compared to GreenFirst Forest Products' net margin of -10.79%. Goodfellow's return on equity of 6.69% beat GreenFirst Forest Products' return on equity.
44.8% of GreenFirst Forest Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.8% of Goodfellow shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.0% of GreenFirst Forest Products shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 53.1% of Goodfellow shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, GreenFirst Forest Products' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Goodfellow'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Goodfellow beats GreenFirst Forest Products on 9 of the 13 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:GFP) was last updated on 8/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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