SJ vs. CFP, WFG, BTO, LUG, MX, HBM, ELD, OR, CIA, and CGG
Should you be buying Stella-Jones stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stella-Jones include Canfor (CFP), West Fraser Timber (WFG), B2Gold (BTO), Lundin Gold (LUG), Methanex (MX), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Eldorado Gold (ELD), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Champion Iron (CIA), and China Gold International Resources (CGG). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Canfor (TSE:CFP) and Stella-Jones (TSE:SJ) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
15.3% of Canfor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.3% of Stella-Jones shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.8% of Canfor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Stella-Jones shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Stella-Jones has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Canfor. Canfor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stella-Jones, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Canfor has a beta of 2.16, suggesting that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stella-Jones has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Stella-Jones has a net margin of 9.82% compared to Stella-Jones' net margin of -6.01%. Canfor's return on equity of 20.32% beat Stella-Jones' return on equity.
Canfor currently has a consensus price target of C$21.17, suggesting a potential upside of 41.68%. Stella-Jones has a consensus price target of C$88.71, suggesting a potential upside of 10.89%. Given Stella-Jones' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Canfor is more favorable than Stella-Jones.
Canfor received 202 more outperform votes than Stella-Jones when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.15% of users gave Canfor an outperform vote while only 64.21% of users gave Stella-Jones an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Canfor had 1 more articles in the media than Stella-Jones. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Canfor and 4 mentions for Stella-Jones. Canfor's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Stella-Jones' score of 0.00 indicating that Stella-Jones is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Stella-Jones beats Canfor on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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