GFP vs. GDL, WEF, ADN, LGO, S, ERD, NB, ME, ASM, and FDY
Should you be buying GreenFirst Forest Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GreenFirst Forest Products include Goodfellow (GDL), Western Forest Products (WEF), Acadian Timber (ADN), Largo (LGO), Sherritt International (S), Erdene Resource Development (ERD), NioCorp Developments (NB), Moneta Gold (ME), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), and Faraday Copper (FDY). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Goodfellow (TSE:GDL) and GreenFirst Forest Products (TSE:GFP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.
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.
Goodfellow pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. GreenFirst Forest Products pays an annual dividend of C$0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 108.3%. Goodfellow pays out 57.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GreenFirst Forest Products pays out -288.9% 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.
10.9% of Goodfellow shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.2% of GreenFirst Forest Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.9% of Goodfellow shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of GreenFirst Forest Products shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Goodfellow has a net margin of 2.89% compared to Goodfellow's net margin of -11.48%. GreenFirst Forest Products' return on equity of 7.94% beat Goodfellow's return on equity.
In the previous week, Goodfellow had 1 more articles in the media than GreenFirst Forest Products. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Goodfellow and 0 mentions for GreenFirst Forest Products. GreenFirst Forest Products' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Goodfellow's score of 0.00 indicating that Goodfellow is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Goodfellow received 77 more outperform votes than GreenFirst Forest Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.03% of users gave Goodfellow an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave GreenFirst Forest Products an outperform vote.
Goodfellow has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GreenFirst Forest Products has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Goodfellow beats GreenFirst Forest Products on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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