West Fraser Timber (NYSE:WFG – Get Free Report) and Sugarmade (OTCMKTS:SGMD – Get Free Report) are both materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
Volatility & Risk
West Fraser Timber has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Sugarmade has a beta of -1.15, indicating that its share price is 215% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares West Fraser Timber and Sugarmade’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| West Fraser Timber | -22.98% | -10.84% | -8.19% |
| Sugarmade | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares West Fraser Timber and Sugarmade”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| West Fraser Timber | $5.46 billion | 1.00 | -$937.00 million | ($15.44) | -4.52 |
| Sugarmade | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Sugarmade has lower revenue, but higher earnings than West Fraser Timber.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for West Fraser Timber and Sugarmade, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| West Fraser Timber | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2.38 |
| Sugarmade | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
West Fraser Timber currently has a consensus target price of $83.20, indicating a potential upside of 19.16%. Given West Fraser Timber’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe West Fraser Timber is more favorable than Sugarmade.
Summary
West Fraser Timber beats Sugarmade on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
About West Fraser Timber
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., a diversified wood products company, engages in manufacturing, selling, marketing, and distributing lumber, engineered wood products, pulp, newsprint, wood chips, and other residuals and renewable energy. It offers spruce-pine-fir, douglas fir-larch, hem-fir, and southern yellow pine lumber, treated wood products, medium density fiberboard panels and plywood, oriented strand board, and laminated veneer lumber wood products, as well as particleboards. The company also provides northern bleached softwood Kraft pulp and bleached chemical thermo-mechanical pulp used to produce various paper products, including printing and writing papers, paperboard products, tissue and towel products, and a variety of other paper grades. Further, it offers bioproducts, including bioenergy and biomaterial. Its products are used in home construction, repair and remodeling, papers, tissue, and box materials, and industrial applications. The company sells its products to major retail chains, contractor supply yards, and wholesalers, as well as industrial customers for further processing or as components for other products in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and internationally. West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
About Sugarmade
Sugarmade, Inc. engages in the paper and paper-based products business in the United States. It operates through three segments: Paper and Paper-Based Products, Non-Medical Supplies, and Cannabis Products Delivery Service and Sales. The company also produces and wholesales custom printed and generic supplies, such as plastic cold cups, paper coffee cups, yogurt cups, ice cream cups, cup lids, cup sleeves, edible packaging, food containers, soup containers, plastic spoons, and other related products to quick-service restaurants. In addition, it offers non-medical personal protective equipment. Further, the company operates the cannabis products delivery and sale services under the BudCars, Lemon Glow, and Nug Avenue brand names. It also offers its products through CarryOutSupplies.com website. Sugarmade, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in Monrovia, California.
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