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Interfor (IFP) Competitors

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C$12.42 -0.04 (-0.32%)
As of 08/1/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

IFP vs. CFP, PL, ADN, GDL, GFP, CFF, EVA, WFG, SJ, and WEF

Should you be buying Interfor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Interfor include Canfor (CFP), Pinnacle Renewable Energy (PL), Acadian Timber (ADN), Goodfellow (GDL), GreenFirst Forest Products (GFP), Conifex Timber (CFF), Enviva (EVA), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Stella-Jones (SJ), and Western Forest Products (WEF). These companies are all part of the "lumber & wood production" industry.

Interfor vs. Its Competitors

Interfor (TSE:IFP) and Canfor (TSE:CFP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.

Canfor has a net margin of -13.77% compared to Interfor's net margin of -13.82%. Canfor's return on equity of -20.05% beat Interfor's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Interfor-13.82% -25.85% -4.54%
Canfor -13.77%-20.05%-5.36%

Interfor has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Canfor. Canfor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Interfor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
InterforC$3.08B0.21-C$426.19M-C$8.18-1.52
CanforC$5.33B0.30-C$734.03M-C$6.01-2.24

Interfor has a beta of 2.54, meaning that its stock price is 154% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canfor has a beta of 2.08, meaning that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.

52.8% of Interfor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.1% of Canfor shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Interfor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.9% of Canfor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Interfor presently has a consensus target price of C$18.60, suggesting a potential upside of 49.76%. Canfor has a consensus target price of C$17.25, suggesting a potential upside of 27.87%. Given Interfor's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Interfor is more favorable than Canfor.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Interfor
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Canfor
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

In the previous week, Canfor had 2 more articles in the media than Interfor. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Canfor and 2 mentions for Interfor. Interfor's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Canfor's score of 0.11 indicating that Interfor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Interfor
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Canfor
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Canfor beats Interfor on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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IFP vs. The Competition

MetricInterforLumber & Wood Production IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$643.18MC$1.43BC$3.17BC$6.20B
Dividend Yield12.47%16.17%5.20%6.72%
P/E Ratio-1.5211.37111.9063.43
Price / Sales0.2116.3130,017,513,221,196,900.001,250.99
Price / Cash8.5216.7623.7883.29
Price / Book0.421.345.884.86
Net Income-C$426.19M-C$82.94MC$148.55MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-4.90%-2.18%-3.26%-2.27%
1 Month Performance-5.77%-1.62%1.40%0.79%
1 Year Performance-26.42%54.37%28.76%26.62%

Interfor Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IFP
Interfor
2.4075 of 5 stars
C$12.42
-0.3%
C$18.60
+49.8%
-28.1%C$643.18MC$3.08B-1.525,390News Coverage
CFP
Canfor
2.0358 of 5 stars
C$13.91
-0.9%
C$17.60
+26.5%
-8.5%C$1.67BC$5.33B-2.317,580News Coverage
PL
Pinnacle Renewable Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$376.63MC$490.50M-74.77800
ADN
Acadian Timber
1.4777 of 5 stars
C$18.28
+0.2%
C$20.00
+9.4%
-0.9%C$323.56MC$121.07M11.46200
GDL
Goodfellow
N/AC$11.80
+0.8%
N/A-18.6%C$99.51MC$507.21M7.66687
GFP
GreenFirst Forest Products
N/AC$3.10
+0.6%
N/A+675.0%C$70.07MC$466.67M-1.391,100News Coverage
CFF
Conifex Timber
2.1916 of 5 stars
C$0.36
+2.9%
C$0.85
+136.1%
-20.7%C$14.68MC$127.12M-0.65287Negative News
EVA
Enviva
N/AN/AN/AN/A$0.00N/A0.001,390Gap Up
High Trading Volume
WFG
West Fraser Timber
2.0172 of 5 stars
C$97.37
+0.5%
C$142.00
+45.8%
-19.6%C$5.42BC$4.36B-58.2211,000News Coverage
Analyst Revision
SJ
Stella-Jones
0.9122 of 5 stars
C$79.50
+0.4%
C$84.80
+6.7%
-14.9%C$4.45BC$3.41B13.89280
WEF
Western Forest Products
0.9252 of 5 stars
C$12.60
+2.3%
C$0.45
-96.4%
+5.9%C$3.99BC$1.04B-91.332,051Analyst Forecast
Stock Split
Analyst Revision

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This page (TSE:IFP) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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