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Western Forest Products (WEF) Competitors

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C$13.02 -0.45 (-3.34%)
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WEF vs. CRH, SWH, SNA, B, EVA, WFG, CIX, CR, PL, and ADN

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

Western Forest Products vs. Its Competitors

CRH Medical (TSE:CRH) and Western Forest Products (TSE:WEF) are both small-cap construction materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

20.0% of Western Forest Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Western Forest Products shares are owned by company 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.

In the previous week, Western Forest Products had 7 more articles in the media than CRH Medical. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Western Forest Products and 0 mentions for CRH Medical. Western Forest Products' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat CRH Medical's score of 0.00 indicating that Western Forest Products is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
CRH Medical Neutral
Western Forest Products Very Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CRH MedicalC$106.17M0.00-C$29.87M-C$0.42N/A
Western Forest ProductsC$1.07B0.13-C$43.70M-C$2.24-5.80

CRH Medical has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Western Forest Products' net margin of -4.21%. CRH Medical's return on equity of 0.00% beat Western Forest Products' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CRH MedicalN/A N/A N/A
Western Forest Products -4.21%-7.69%-4.24%

Western Forest Products has a consensus price target of C$13.38, suggesting a potential upside of 2.73%. Given Western Forest Products' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Western Forest Products is more favorable than CRH Medical.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CRH Medical
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Western Forest Products
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

Western Forest Products beats CRH Medical on 8 of the 13 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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WEF vs. The Competition

MetricWestern Forest ProductsLumber & Wood Production IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$137.47MC$1.27BC$3.59BC$9.50B
Dividend Yield6.67%16.08%5.08%6.50%
P/E Ratio-5.8083.81150.5925.93
Price / Sales0.1315.9917,727.719.59
Price / Cash10.1816.7625.7583.29
Price / Book7.311.316.675.62
Net Income-C$43.70M-C$82.94MC$149.17MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance1.48%-1.80%2.13%1.24%
1 Month Performance4.41%-1.68%13.55%10.33%
1 Year Performance-9.58%22.62%47.82%36.19%

Western Forest Products Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WEF
Western Forest Products
1.4085 of 5 stars
C$13.02
-3.3%
C$13.38
+2.7%
-6.5%C$137.47MC$1.07B-5.802,051Positive News
High 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
WFG
West Fraser Timber
1.6818 of 5 stars
C$102.16
-2.8%
C$142.00
+39.0%
-19.9%C$8.06BC$5.83B-63.4511,000
CIX
CI Financial
0.2555 of 5 stars
C$31.99
flat
C$29.36
-8.2%
+81.2%C$4.61BC$3.57B-66.69610
CR
Crew Energy
N/AN/AC$7.00
+∞
N/AC$1.16BC$304.96M17.2111,000High Trading Volume
PL
Pinnacle Renewable Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$376.63MC$490.50M-74.77800
ADN
Acadian Timber
1.3556 of 5 stars
C$17.31
-1.1%
C$19.00
+9.8%
-1.5%C$313.71MC$88.15M22.19200High Trading Volume

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This page (TSE:WEF) was last updated on 9/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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