WEF vs. GFP, GDL, ADN, SMT, LUC, FSY, ITH, PTM, BOS, and AII
Should you be buying Western Forest Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Forest Products include GreenFirst Forest Products (GFP), Goodfellow (GDL), Acadian Timber (ADN), Sierra Metals (SMT), Lucara Diamond (LUC), Forsys Metals (FSY), International Tower Hill Mines (ITH), Platinum Group Metals (PTM), AirBoss of America (BOS), and Almonty Industries (AII). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Western Forest Products (TSE:WEF) and GreenFirst Forest Products (TSE:GFP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Western Forest Products has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GreenFirst Forest Products has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Western Forest Products received 396 more outperform votes than GreenFirst Forest Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.53% of users gave Western Forest Products an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave GreenFirst Forest Products an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Western Forest Products had 2 more articles in the media than GreenFirst Forest Products. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Western Forest Products and 1 mentions for GreenFirst Forest Products. GreenFirst Forest Products' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Western Forest Products' score of -0.46 indicating that GreenFirst Forest Products is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Western Forest Products has a net margin of -6.73% compared to GreenFirst Forest Products' net margin of -11.48%. Western Forest Products' return on equity of -11.50% beat GreenFirst Forest Products' return on equity.
50.3% of Western Forest Products shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.2% of GreenFirst Forest Products shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Western Forest Products shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of GreenFirst Forest Products shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Western Forest Products currently has a consensus price target of C$0.73, indicating a potential upside of 37.74%. Given Western Forest Products' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Western Forest Products is more favorable than GreenFirst Forest Products.
GreenFirst Forest Products has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Western Forest Products. GreenFirst Forest Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Western Forest Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Western Forest Products pays an annual dividend of C$0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. GreenFirst Forest Products pays an annual dividend of C$0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 114.7%. Western Forest Products pays out -22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GreenFirst Forest Products pays out -288.9% 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. GreenFirst Forest Products is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Western Forest Products beats GreenFirst Forest Products on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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