IFP vs. ADN, CFP, EDR, ALS, SVM, CHE.UN, KRR, LAC, SLS, and MDI
Should you be buying Interfor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Interfor include Acadian Timber (ADN), Canfor (CFP), Endeavour Silver (EDR), Altius Minerals (ALS), Silvercorp Metals (SVM), Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (CHE.UN), Karora Resources (KRR), Lithium Americas (LAC), Solaris Resources (SLS), and Major Drilling Group International (MDI). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Interfor (TSE:IFP) and Acadian Timber (TSE:ADN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and community ranking.
Acadian Timber has a net margin of 31.49% compared to Interfor's net margin of -8.05%. Acadian Timber's return on equity of 9.45% beat Interfor's return on equity.
In the previous week, Interfor and Interfor both had 2 articles in the media. Interfor's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Acadian Timber'saverage media sentiment score.
Interfor received 236 more outperform votes than Acadian Timber when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.61% of users gave Interfor an outperform vote while only 61.74% of users gave Acadian Timber an outperform vote.
Interfor presently has a consensus price target of C$27.17, suggesting a potential upside of 48.37%. Acadian Timber has a consensus price target of C$18.75, suggesting a potential upside of 6.35%. Given Interfor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Interfor is more favorable than Acadian Timber.
Interfor has a beta of 2.61, indicating that its stock price is 161% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadian Timber has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Acadian Timber has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Interfor. Interfor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acadian Timber, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
50.9% of Interfor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.5% of Acadian Timber shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Interfor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 45.7% of Acadian Timber shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Interfor and Acadian Timber tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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