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
Western Forest Products (TSE:WEF) and GreenFirst Forest Products (TSE:GFP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
Western Forest Products has a beta of 0.648301, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GreenFirst Forest Products has a beta of 0.863286, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Western Forest Products currently has a consensus target price of C$13.38, suggesting a potential upside of 7.34%. Given Western Forest Products' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Western Forest Products is more favorable than GreenFirst Forest Products.
In the previous week, GreenFirst Forest Products had 3 more articles in the media than Western Forest Products. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for GreenFirst Forest Products and 0 mentions for Western Forest Products. Western Forest Products' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat GreenFirst Forest Products' score of -0.52 indicating that Western Forest Products is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
16.0% of Western Forest Products shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of GreenFirst Forest Products shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Western Forest Products shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of GreenFirst Forest Products shares are held by 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.
Summary
Western Forest Products beats GreenFirst Forest Products on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GFP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
