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
Western Forest Products (TSE:WEF) and CRH Medical (TSE:CRH) are both small-cap construction materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and dividends.
CRH Medical has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
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.
Western Forest Products presently has a consensus price target of C$13.38, suggesting a potential upside of 9.01%. Given Western Forest Products' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Western Forest Products is more favorable than CRH Medical.
16.0% of Western Forest Products shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Western Forest Products shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Western Forest Products' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled CRH Medical'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Western Forest Products beats CRH Medical on 6 of the 11 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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This page (TSE:WEF) was last updated on 10/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
