GFP vs. WEF, GDL, CFF, EVA, WFG, SJ, 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 Western Forest Products (WEF), Goodfellow (GDL), Conifex Timber (CFF), Enviva (EVA), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Stella-Jones (SJ), 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 Western Forest Products (TSE:WEF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
Western Forest Products has a consensus price target of C$13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.50%. Given Western Forest Products' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Western Forest Products is more favorable than GreenFirst Forest Products.
Western Forest Products has higher revenue and earnings than GreenFirst Forest Products. Western Forest Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GreenFirst Forest Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GreenFirst Forest Products has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Forest Products has a beta of 1.81, suggesting that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Western Forest Products has a net margin of -4.21% compared to GreenFirst Forest Products' net margin of -10.79%. Western Forest Products' return on equity of -7.69% beat GreenFirst Forest Products' return on equity.
In the previous week, Western Forest Products had 13 more articles in the media than GreenFirst Forest Products. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Western Forest Products and 0 mentions for GreenFirst Forest Products. Western Forest Products' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat GreenFirst Forest Products' score of 0.00 indicating that Western Forest Products is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
44.8% of GreenFirst Forest Products shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of Western Forest Products shares are held by institutional investors. 32.0% of GreenFirst Forest Products shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Western Forest Products shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
GreenFirst Forest Products pays an annual dividend of C$0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 25.8%. Western Forest Products pays an annual dividend of C$0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. GreenFirst Forest Products pays out -35.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western Forest Products pays out -36.2% 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.
Summary
Western Forest Products beats GreenFirst Forest Products on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:GFP) was last updated on 7/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff