SJ vs. CFP, WFG, BTO, LUG, MX, OR, ELD, CIA, CGG, and HBM
Should you be buying Stella-Jones stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stella-Jones include Canfor (CFP), West Fraser Timber (WFG), B2Gold (BTO), Lundin Gold (LUG), Methanex (MX), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Eldorado Gold (ELD), Champion Iron (CIA), China Gold International Resources (CGG), and Hudbay Minerals (HBM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Stella-Jones (TSE:SJ) and Canfor (TSE:CFP) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Stella-Jones currently has a consensus target price of C$93.57, indicating a potential upside of 18.44%. Canfor has a consensus target price of C$23.40, indicating a potential upside of 36.76%. Given Canfor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Canfor is more favorable than Stella-Jones.
Stella-Jones has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Canfor. Canfor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stella-Jones, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Stella-Jones and Stella-Jones both had 1 articles in the media. Canfor's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Stella-Jones' score of 0.59 indicating that Canfor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
55.4% of Stella-Jones shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.2% of Canfor shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Stella-Jones shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 53.7% of Canfor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Canfor received 200 more outperform votes than Stella-Jones when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.37% of users gave Canfor an outperform vote while only 64.31% of users gave Stella-Jones an outperform vote.
Stella-Jones has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canfor has a beta of 2.16, meaning that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Stella-Jones has a net margin of 9.82% compared to Canfor's net margin of -6.01%. Stella-Jones' return on equity of 20.32% beat Canfor's return on equity.
Summary
Stella-Jones and Canfor tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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