SJ vs. CFP, WFG, LUG, HBM, MX, BTO, OR, ELD, CGG, and CIA
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), Lundin Gold (LUG), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Methanex (MX), B2Gold (BTO), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Eldorado Gold (ELD), China Gold International Resources (CGG), and Champion Iron (CIA). 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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
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 64.01% of users gave Stella-Jones an outperform vote.
Stella-Jones has a net margin of 10.14% compared to Stella-Jones' net margin of -4.58%. Canfor's return on equity of 20.77% beat Stella-Jones' return on equity.
Canfor has a beta of 2.18, meaning that its stock price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stella-Jones has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Stella-Jones had 13 more articles in the media than Canfor. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Stella-Jones and 0 mentions for Canfor. Canfor's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Stella-Jones' score of 0.00 indicating that Stella-Jones is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
14.8% of Canfor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.8% of Stella-Jones shares are held by institutional investors. 53.8% of Canfor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Stella-Jones shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Canfor currently has a consensus target price of C$21.17, indicating a potential upside of 38.25%. Stella-Jones has a consensus target price of C$89.57, indicating a potential upside of 8.00%. Given Stella-Jones' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Canfor is more favorable than Stella-Jones.
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.
Summary
Stella-Jones beats Canfor on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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