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Should you be buying Canfor Pulp Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canfor Pulp Products include NioCorp Developments (NB), Geodrill (GEO), Aclara Resources (ARA), NextSource Materials (NEXT), Wallbridge Mining (WM), Trilogy Metals (TMQ), Augusta Gold (G), Fury Gold Mines (FURY), Tree Island Steel (TSL), and Solitario Resources (SLR). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Canfor Pulp Products (TSE:CFX) and NioCorp Developments (TSE:NB) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
In the previous week, Canfor Pulp Products and Canfor Pulp Products both had 1 articles in the media. Canfor Pulp Products' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat NioCorp Developments' score of -0.09 indicating that Canfor Pulp Products is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NioCorp Developments has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Canfor Pulp Products' net margin of -10.98%. Canfor Pulp Products' return on equity of -25.14% beat NioCorp Developments' return on equity.
Canfor Pulp Products presently has a consensus price target of C$1.95, suggesting a potential upside of 30.87%. Given Canfor Pulp Products' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Canfor Pulp Products is more favorable than NioCorp Developments.
19.7% of Canfor Pulp Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.0% of NioCorp Developments shares are owned by institutional investors. 55.0% of Canfor Pulp Products shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of NioCorp Developments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
NioCorp Developments has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Canfor Pulp Products. NioCorp Developments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canfor Pulp Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Canfor Pulp Products has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NioCorp Developments has a beta of 0.13, indicating that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Canfor Pulp Products received 244 more outperform votes than NioCorp Developments when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.10% of users gave NioCorp Developments an outperform vote while only 63.06% of users gave Canfor Pulp Products an outperform vote.
Summary
Canfor Pulp Products beats NioCorp Developments on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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