IFP vs. ADN, CFP, KRR, SVM, CHE.UN, ALS, SLS, EDR, ORA, and MDI
Should you be buying Interfor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Interfor include Acadian Timber (ADN), Canfor (CFP), Karora Resources (KRR), Silvercorp Metals (SVM), Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (CHE.UN), Altius Minerals (ALS), Solaris Resources (SLS), Endeavour Silver (EDR), Aura Minerals (ORA), and Major Drilling Group International (MDI). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Acadian Timber (TSE:ADN) and Interfor (TSE:IFP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
10.5% of Acadian Timber shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.9% of Interfor shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.7% of Acadian Timber shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Interfor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Acadian Timber has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Interfor. Interfor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acadian Timber, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Acadian Timber presently has a consensus target price of C$18.75, indicating a potential upside of 9.27%. Interfor has a consensus target price of C$27.17, indicating a potential upside of 54.01%. Given Acadian Timber's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Interfor is more favorable than Acadian Timber.
In the previous week, Interfor had 2 more articles in the media than Acadian Timber. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Interfor and 1 mentions for Acadian Timber. Interfor's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Acadian Timber's score of -0.60 indicating that Acadian Timber is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Interfor received 236 more outperform votes than Acadian Timber when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.61% of users gave Interfor an outperform vote while only 61.74% of users gave Acadian Timber an outperform vote.
Acadian Timber has a net margin of 31.49% compared to Acadian Timber's net margin of -8.05%. Interfor's return on equity of 9.45% beat Acadian Timber's return on equity.
Acadian Timber has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Interfor has a beta of 2.61, meaning that its stock price is 161% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Acadian Timber and Interfor tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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