IFP vs. CFP, PL, ADN, WEF, GDL, GFP, CFF, EVA, WFG, and SJ
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), Western Forest Products (WEF), Goodfellow (GDL), GreenFirst Forest Products (GFP), Conifex Timber (CFF), Enviva (EVA), West Fraser Timber (WFG), and Stella-Jones (SJ). These companies are all part of the "lumber & wood production" industry.
Interfor vs. Its Competitors
Canfor (TSE:CFP) and Interfor (TSE:IFP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and dividends.
14.1% of Canfor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.8% of Interfor shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.9% of Canfor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Interfor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Canfor presently has a consensus target price of C$18.50, indicating a potential upside of 26.89%. Interfor has a consensus target price of C$20.00, indicating a potential upside of 51.29%. Given Interfor's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Interfor is more favorable than Canfor.
Interfor has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Canfor has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Interfor has a beta of 2.54, indicating that its stock price is 154% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Canfor and Canfor both had 2 articles in the media. Canfor's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Interfor's score of 0.22 indicating that Canfor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Canfor beats Interfor on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:IFP) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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