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Interfor (IFP) Competitors

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C$8.20 +0.22 (+2.76%)
As of 10/21/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

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

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 earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Interfor has a beta of 2.291295, suggesting that its stock price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canfor has a beta of 2.008908, suggesting that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.

46.7% of Interfor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.6% of Canfor shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Interfor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.9% of Canfor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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%

In the previous week, Canfor had 5 more articles in the media than Interfor. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Canfor and 14 mentions for Interfor. Canfor's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat Interfor's score of -0.09 indicating that Canfor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Interfor currently has a consensus price target of C$14.20, suggesting a potential upside of 73.17%. Canfor has a consensus price target of C$16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.58%. Given Interfor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Canfor
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
InterforC$2.96B0.18-C$426.19M-C$3.49-2.35
CanforC$5.29B0.27-C$734.03M-C$5.46-2.25

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$539.21MC$1.23BC$3.76BC$9.56B
Dividend Yield12.47%16.25%5.06%6.52%
P/E Ratio-2.3511.7121.2629.05
Price / Sales0.1815.2919,932.0211.25
Price / Cash8.5216.7626.7583.29
Price / Book0.281.236.965.61
Net Income-C$426.19M-C$82.94MC$148.62MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-6.71%-2.41%-4.65%-2.84%
1 Month Performance-28.45%-8.09%6.39%1.17%
1 Year Performance-59.67%-25.08%51.98%32.41%

Interfor Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IFP
Interfor
2.834 of 5 stars
C$8.20
+2.8%
C$14.20
+73.2%
-59.3%C$539.21MC$2.96B-2.355,390Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CFP
Canfor
2.4426 of 5 stars
C$12.59
+2.6%
C$17.00
+35.0%
N/AC$1.47BC$5.29B-2.317,580Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PL
Pinnacle Renewable Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$376.63MC$490.50M-74.77800
ADN
Acadian Timber
2.2671 of 5 stars
C$16.26
+0.4%
C$19.00
+16.9%
-14.1%C$294.68MC$88.15M20.85200Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
WEF
Western Forest Products
1.6934 of 5 stars
C$12.39
+2.7%
C$13.38
+7.9%
-19.6%C$130.81MC$1.07B-5.522,051Analyst Revision
GDL
Goodfellow
N/AC$11.26
-0.5%
N/A-22.4%C$94.35MC$527.99M11.37687News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
GFP
GreenFirst Forest Products
N/AC$2.40
-2.8%
N/A-71.3%C$54.25MC$299.01M-1.691,100Gap Down
CFF
Conifex Timber
2.9735 of 5 stars
C$0.25
-7.5%
C$0.75
+206.1%
-48.3%C$9.99MC$133.70M-0.43287Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
EVA
Enviva
N/AN/AN/AN/A$0.00N/A0.001,390Gap Up
High Trading Volume
WFG
West Fraser Timber
2.2715 of 5 stars
C$97.39
+3.2%
C$119.00
+22.2%
-28.3%C$7.68BC$5.83B-60.4911,000News Coverage
Analyst Revision
SJ
Stella-Jones
2.6916 of 5 stars
C$81.45
+0.2%
C$88.83
+9.1%
-7.5%C$4.50BC$3.45B13.71280

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This page (TSE:IFP) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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