Canfor Stock Current Ratio
| CFP Stock | CAD 18.05 0.24 1.31% |
Canfor fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to Canfor's financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of Canfor Stock. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure Canfor's intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to Canfor stock.
| Last Reported | Projected for Next Year | ||
| Current Ratio | 2.49 | 1.53 |
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Canfor Company Current Ratio Analysis
Canfor's Current Ratio is calculated by dividing the Current Assets of a company by its Current Liabilities. It measures whether or not a company has enough cash or liquid assets to pay its current liability over the next fiscal year. The ratio is regarded as a test of liquidity for a company.
Current Canfor Current Ratio | 2.07 X |
Most of Canfor's fundamental indicators, such as Current Ratio, are part of a valuation analysis module that helps investors searching for stocks that are currently trading at higher or lower prices than their real value. If the real value is higher than the market price, Canfor is considered to be undervalued, and we provide a buy recommendation. Otherwise, we render a sell signal.
Canfor Current Ratio Driver Correlations
Understanding the fundamental principles of building solid financial models for Canfor is extremely important. It helps to project a fair market value of Canfor Stock properly, considering its historical fundamentals such as Current Ratio. Since Canfor's main accounts across its financial reports are all linked and dependent on each other, it is essential to analyze all possible correlations between related accounts. However, instead of reviewing all of Canfor's historical financial statements, investors can examine the correlated drivers to determine its overall health. This can be effectively done using a conventional correlation matrix of Canfor's interrelated accounts and indicators.
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Typically, short-term creditors will prefer a high current ratio because it reduces their overall risk. However, investors may prefer a lower current ratio since they are more concerned about growing the business using assets of the company. Acceptable current ratios may vary from one sector to another, but the generally accepted benchmark is to have current assets at least as twice as current liabilities (i.e., Current Ration of 2 to 1).
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Canfor Price To Sales Ratio
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In accordance with the recently published financial statements, Canfor has a Current Ratio of 2.07 times. This is 45.95% lower than that of the Paper & Forest Products sector and 3.5% higher than that of the Materials industry. The current ratio for all Canada stocks is 4.17% higher than that of the company.
Canfor Current Ratio Peer Comparison
Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses Canfor's direct or indirect competition against its Current Ratio to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the stocks which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of Canfor could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Canfor by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.Canfor is currently under evaluation in current ratio category among its peers.
Canfor Current Valuation Drivers
We derive many important indicators used in calculating different scores of Canfor from analyzing Canfor's financial statements. These drivers represent accounts that assess Canfor's ability to generate profits relative to its revenue, operating costs, and shareholders' equity. Below are some of Canfor's important valuation drivers and their relationship over time.
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 (projected) | ||
| Market Cap | 3.4B | 2.1B | 4.0B | 2.6B | 2.1B | 1.4B | |
| Enterprise Value | 3.5B | 2.3B | 3.0B | 1.7B | 1.9B | 1.7B |
Canfor Fundamentals
| Return On Equity | -0.2 | ||||
| Return On Asset | -0.0738 | ||||
| Profit Margin | (0.14) % | ||||
| Operating Margin | (0.20) % | ||||
| Current Valuation | 2.35 B | ||||
| Shares Outstanding | 118.41 M | ||||
| Shares Owned By Insiders | 53.92 % | ||||
| Shares Owned By Institutions | 12.23 % | ||||
| Number Of Shares Shorted | 1.32 M | ||||
| Price To Earning | 12.53 X | ||||
| Price To Book | 0.67 X | ||||
| Price To Sales | 0.41 X | ||||
| Revenue | 5.43 B | ||||
| Gross Profit | 2.63 B | ||||
| EBITDA | (34.4 M) | ||||
| Net Income | (326.1 M) | ||||
| Cash And Equivalents | 1.27 B | ||||
| Cash Per Share | 1.54 X | ||||
| Total Debt | 399.3 M | ||||
| Debt To Equity | 0.35 % | ||||
| Current Ratio | 2.07 X | ||||
| Book Value Per Share | 27.41 X | ||||
| Cash Flow From Operations | 154.7 M | ||||
| Short Ratio | 6.45 X | ||||
| Earnings Per Share | (6.08) X | ||||
| Target Price | 21.43 | ||||
| Number Of Employees | 7.58 K | ||||
| Beta | 2.09 | ||||
| Market Capitalization | 2.14 B | ||||
| Total Asset | 6.13 B | ||||
| Retained Earnings | 3 B | ||||
| Working Capital | 1.35 B | ||||
| Current Asset | 990.8 M | ||||
| Current Liabilities | 635.1 M | ||||
| Net Asset | 6.13 B |
About Canfor Fundamental Analysis
The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze Canfor's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Canfor using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Canfor based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
Please read more on our fundamental analysis page.
Pair Trading with Canfor
One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if Canfor position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Canfor will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.Moving together with Canfor Stock
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Moving against Canfor Stock
The ability to find closely correlated positions to Canfor could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace Canfor when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back Canfor - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling Canfor to buy it.
The correlation of Canfor is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Canfor moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Canfor moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for Canfor can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.Other Information on Investing in Canfor Stock
Canfor financial ratios help investors to determine whether Canfor Stock is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in Canfor with respect to the benefits of owning Canfor security.