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Western Forest Products (WEF) Competitors

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C$12.68 -0.57 (-4.30%)
As of 08/7/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

WEF vs. WFG, CIX, CR, CRH, SWH, SNA, B, EVA, SJ, and CFP

Should you be buying Western Forest Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Forest Products include West Fraser Timber (WFG), CI Financial (CIX), Crew Energy (CR), CRH Medical (CRH), Sunwah International (SWH), 43223 (SNA.V) (SNA), Bombardier, Inc. Preferred Shares Series 2 (B), Enviva (EVA), Stella-Jones (SJ), and Canfor (CFP).

Western Forest Products vs. Its Competitors

West Fraser Timber (TSE:WFG) and Western Forest Products (TSE:WEF) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.

Western Forest Products has lower revenue, but higher earnings than West Fraser Timber. Western Forest Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than West Fraser Timber, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
West Fraser TimberC$4.36B1.26-C$66.55M-C$1.67-59.14
Western Forest ProductsC$1.04B3.87-C$43.70M-C$0.14-91.91

West Fraser Timber currently has a consensus target price of C$142.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.55%. Western Forest Products has a consensus target price of C$13.88, indicating a potential upside of 9.42%. Given West Fraser Timber's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe West Fraser Timber is more favorable than Western Forest Products.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
West Fraser Timber
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Western Forest Products
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

West Fraser Timber has a net margin of -1.53% compared to Western Forest Products' net margin of -4.21%. West Fraser Timber's return on equity of -1.33% beat Western Forest Products' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
West Fraser Timber-1.53% -1.33% 2.18%
Western Forest Products -4.21%-7.69%-4.24%

46.4% of West Fraser Timber shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of Western Forest Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.7% of West Fraser Timber shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Western Forest Products shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

West Fraser Timber has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Forest Products has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.

West Fraser Timber pays an annual dividend of C$1.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Western Forest Products pays an annual dividend of C$0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. West Fraser Timber pays out -103.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western Forest Products pays out -36.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. West Fraser Timber is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Western Forest Products had 9 more articles in the media than West Fraser Timber. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Western Forest Products and 0 mentions for West Fraser Timber. Western Forest Products' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat West Fraser Timber's score of -0.20 indicating that Western Forest Products is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
West Fraser Timber Neutral
Western Forest Products Positive

Summary

West Fraser Timber beats Western Forest Products on 13 of the 18 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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WEF vs. The Competition

MetricWestern Forest ProductsLumber & Wood Production IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$4.02BC$1.40BC$3.27BC$6.34B
Dividend Yield6.67%16.17%5.18%6.72%
P/E Ratio-91.9111.19106.0063.73
Price / Sales3.8715.7235,179,415,501,994,400.001,647.33
Price / Cash10.1816.7623.9283.29
Price / Book7.121.296.004.89
Net Income-C$43.70M-C$82.94MC$148.72MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-3.87%-0.11%3.37%1.73%
1 Month Performance7.00%-2.15%4.20%2.04%
1 Year Performance-2.84%59.56%36.68%30.64%

Western Forest Products Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WEF
Western Forest Products
1.2559 of 5 stars
C$12.68
-4.3%
C$13.88
+9.4%
+2.5%C$4.02BC$1.04B-91.912,051High Trading Volume
WFG
West Fraser Timber
1.9431 of 5 stars
C$97.25
+0.4%
C$142.00
+46.0%
-14.4%C$5.42BC$4.36B-58.1511,000
CIX
CI Financial
1.0312 of 5 stars
C$31.79
0.0%
C$29.36
-7.7%
+99.8%C$4.58BC$3.57B-66.27610
CR
Crew Energy
2.2743 of 5 stars
N/AC$7.48
+∞
N/AC$1.16BC$304.96M17.2111,000High Trading Volume
CRH
CRH Medical
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$357.38MC$106.17M-11.9777,400
SWH
Sunwah International
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$27.01MC$2.73M-41.4354,200High Trading Volume
SNA
43223 (SNA.V)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$0.00N/A0.0012,900Gap Up
B
Bombardier, Inc. Preferred Shares Series 2
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$0.00N/A0.005,200High Trading Volume
EVA
Enviva
N/AN/AN/AN/A$0.00N/A0.001,390Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SJ
Stella-Jones
N/AC$79.01
-0.2%
C$84.80
+7.3%
-13.5%C$4.42BC$3.41B13.80280News Coverage
CFP
Canfor
2.0567 of 5 stars
C$14.01
-0.1%
C$17.60
+25.6%
-11.5%C$1.68BC$5.33B-2.337,580News Coverage
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This page (TSE:WEF) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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