Undervalued Forest Product Stocks on TSE July 2023

July 16, 2023

Forest Products

Companies in the Forest Products industry grow timber, mill lumber, and manufacture wood and wood products for construction, or manufacture and market paper and paper-related products.

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Undervalued Forest Products stocks

Stocks in this category are traded through the commodity cycles primarily for capital appreciation. Large cap stocks in this space are also held for income.

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SymbolNameClose Price ($)Valuation ($)Difference (%)Average Vol (30D)Market Cap ($M)Yield (%)P/E Ratio
CFP Canfor 22.82 23.78 4.20 120794 2761 0.00 24.5
WFG West Fraser Timber 117.26 119.87 2.22 210672 9835 1.38 8.8
SJ Stella-Jones 68.19 68.33 0.20 144605 4010 1.29 15.8
All data provided as at market close July 12, 2023.

Company Details

Canfor

CFP:TSX

Close Price

22.82

Our Valuation

23.78

% Difference

4.20

Market Cap ($M)

2761

P/E Ratio

24.5

Canfor is a softwood lumber company that also owns around half of Canfor Pulp. It is active throughout North America and Europe, with lumber mills in British Columbia, Alberta, the southeastern United States, and Sweden. It has two reportable segments: lumber and pulp and paper. The lumber segment includes Canfor's sawmilling and remanufacturing operations and the pulp and paper segment includes the kraft pulp, kraft paper, and bleached chemi-thermomechanical pulp businesses of Canfor Pulp.

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West Fraser Timber

WFG:TSX

Close Price

117.26

Our Valuation

119.87

% Difference

2.22

Market Cap ($M)

9835

P/E Ratio

8.8

West Fraser Timber is a softwood lumber company that also produces wood panels and pulp products. The company produces its wood products globally, with lumber mills in British Columbia, Alberta, Europe, and the southeastern United States. Following its acquisition of Norbord in 2021, West Fraser is now one of the largest oriented strand board, or OSB, producers in the world.

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Stella-Jones

SJ:TSX

Close Price

68.19

Our Valuation

68.33

% Difference

0.20

Market Cap ($M)

4010

P/E Ratio

15.8

Stella-Jones Inc produces and sells lumber and wood products. The company operates in two segments: Pressure-treated wood, which includes utility poles, railway ties, residential lumber, and industrial products; and Logs & Lumber segment comprises of the sales of logs harvested in the course of the company's procurement process that is determined to be unsuitable for use as utility poles, it also includes the sale of excess lumber to local home-building markets.

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Canfor and West Fraser Timber are the most undervalued Forest Products stocks on the TSE. See the full list on the blog: https://www.stockcalc.com/Blog/undervalued-forest-product-stocks-tse-july-2023
Canfor $CFP and West Fraser Timber $WFG are the most undervalued Forest Products stocks on the #TSE. See the full list: https://www.stockcalc.com/Blog/undervalued-forest-product-stocks-tse-july-2023
Canfor and West Fraser Timber are the most undervalued Forest Products stocks on the TSE. See the full list on the blog: https://www.stockcalc.com/Blog/undervalued-forest-product-stocks-tse-july-2023

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