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