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Western Forest Products (WEF) Competitors

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C$0.40 +0.01 (+1.25%)
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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

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

Western Forest Products pays an annual dividend of C$0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.3%. CRH Medical pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share. Western Forest Products pays out -36.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CRH Medical pays out -287.8% 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.

Western Forest Products presently has a consensus target price of C$0.46, indicating a potential upside of 14.20%. Given Western Forest Products' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Western Forest Products is more favorable than CRH Medical.

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

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

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 0.02 beat CRH Medical's score of 0.00 indicating that Western Forest Products is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Western Forest Products Neutral
CRH Medical Neutral

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
Western Forest Products-4.21% -7.69% -4.24%
CRH Medical N/A N/A N/A

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Western Forest ProductsC$1.04B0.12-C$43.70M-C$0.14-2.94
CRH MedicalC$106.17M0.00-C$29.87M-C$0.42N/A

Summary

Western Forest Products beats CRH Medical on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WEF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$128.28MC$1.13BC$3.29BC$6.19B
Dividend Yield6.67%16.17%5.15%6.72%
P/E Ratio-2.949.5294.1156.61
Price / Sales0.1216.1127,226,089,426,138,700.001,138.71
Price / Cash10.1816.7623.9283.29
Price / Book0.230.765.984.69
Net Income-C$43.70M-C$82.94MC$147.60MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance1.25%0.50%2.31%1.65%
1 Month PerformanceN/A1.10%4.67%4.19%
1 Year Performance-8.99%56.36%25.73%27.78%

Western Forest Products Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WEF
Western Forest Products
2.2297 of 5 stars
C$0.41
+1.3%
C$0.46
+14.2%
-10.1%C$128.28MC$1.04B-2.942,051
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
2.8678 of 5 stars
C$99.86
-0.2%
C$142.00
+42.2%
+1.0%C$5.56BC$4.36B-59.7111,000
CIX
CI Financial
0.477 of 5 stars
C$31.69
+0.3%
C$29.36
-7.4%
+114.8%C$4.57BC$3.57B-66.06610News Coverage
CR
Crew Energy
2.2398 of 5 stars
N/AC$7.48
+∞
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
2.4726 of 5 stars
C$17.71
-1.5%
C$20.00
+12.9%
+6.2%C$313.47MC$121.07M11.10200Dividend Announcement

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This page (TSE:WEF) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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