CFF vs. BSX, AMM, OGD, ORV, YRB, GRC, and EXN
Should you be buying Conifex Timber stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Conifex Timber include Belo Sun Mining (BSX), Almaden Minerals (AMM), Orbit Garant Drilling (OGD), Orvana Minerals (ORV), Yorbeau Resources (YRB), Gold Springs Resource (GRC), and Excellon Resources (EXN). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Belo Sun Mining (TSE:BSX) and Conifex Timber (TSE:CFF) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Conifex Timber received 72 more outperform votes than Belo Sun Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.28% of users gave Belo Sun Mining an outperform vote while only 52.69% of users gave Conifex Timber an outperform vote.
Belo Sun Mining has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Conifex Timber. Belo Sun Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Conifex Timber, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Belo Sun Mining has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Conifex Timber has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Conifex Timber has a consensus price target of C$1.13, suggesting a potential upside of 104.55%. Given Belo Sun Mining's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Conifex Timber is more favorable than Belo Sun Mining.
Belo Sun Mining has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Belo Sun Mining's net margin of -21.70%. Belo Sun Mining's return on equity of -23.40% beat Conifex Timber's return on equity.
In the previous week, Conifex Timber had 2 more articles in the media than Belo Sun Mining. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Conifex Timber and 0 mentions for Belo Sun Mining. Conifex Timber's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Belo Sun Mining's score of -0.38 indicating that Belo Sun Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
24.8% of Belo Sun Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.1% of Conifex Timber shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Belo Sun Mining shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Conifex Timber shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Conifex Timber beats Belo Sun Mining on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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