Jewett-Cameron Trading Company (JCTC) vs West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFG)

Jewett-Cameron Trading Company and West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. are both Lumber & Wood Production companies. West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $5.5B against $10.3M — 537.3× the size. West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −10.2% against −10.7%. Jewett-Cameron Trading Company has the higher net margin (−21.0% vs −23.0%) and the lower return on invested capital (−29.5% vs −15.9%). Across the 18 metrics below, Jewett-Cameron Trading Company leads on 11 and West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. on 7.

Valuation

Metric JCTC WFG Lumber & Wood Production median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 0.26 1.07 0.69
P/B 0.69 1.01 1.37
Price to free cash flow 13.47 n/m —
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m —
EV/Sales 0.27 1.12 0.62
Earnings yield (80.76%) (21.44%) 3.82%
Free cash flow yield 7.42% (8.20%) 5.26%

Profitability

Metric JCTC WFG Lumber & Wood Production median
Gross margin 8.11% 7.01% 16.13%
Operating margin (18.01%) (28.46%) 2.48%
Net margin (20.95%) (22.98%) 1.64%
Free cash flow margin 2.28% (8.78%) 2.28%
Return on equity (43.68%) (19.32%) 2.53%
Return on assets (34.66%) (14.86%) 1.55%
Return on invested capital (29.50%) (15.94%) 2.26%

Growth

Metric JCTC WFG Lumber & Wood Production median
Revenue growth (TTM) (10.71%) (10.18%) (4.72%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (661.90%) (17,157.14%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.68%) 4.55% 3.68%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric JCTC WFG Lumber & Wood Production median
Debt to equity 0.09 0.06 0.12
Current ratio 4.22 2.06 3.00
Net debt to EBITDA (0.55) (0.15) (0.35)

Dividend

Metric JCTC WFG Lumber & Wood Production median
Dividend yield — 1.55% —
Payout ratio 0.00 1.36 0.11

Size

Metric JCTC WFG Lumber & Wood Production median
Market cap 10.31m 5.54b 3.51b

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