Analyzing Canfor Pulp Products (OTCMKTS:CFPUF) and IT Tech Packaging (NYSE:ITP)

Canfor Pulp Products (OTCMKTS:CFPUF) and IT Tech Packaging (NYSE:ITP) are both materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

74.1% of Canfor Pulp Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.0% of IT Tech Packaging shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of IT Tech Packaging shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Canfor Pulp Products and IT Tech Packaging”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Canfor Pulp Products	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.17	0.32
IT Tech Packaging	$78.94 million	0.04	-$9.95 million	($1.02)	-0.17

Canfor Pulp Products has higher earnings, but lower revenue than IT Tech Packaging. IT Tech Packaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canfor Pulp Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Canfor Pulp Products and IT Tech Packaging’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canfor Pulp Products	N/A	N/A	N/A
IT Tech Packaging	-12.35%	-5.92%	-5.09%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Canfor Pulp Products and IT Tech Packaging, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Canfor Pulp Products	0	2	0	0	2.00
IT Tech Packaging	0	0	0	0	0.00

Summary

Canfor Pulp Products beats IT Tech Packaging on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Canfor Pulp Products

Canfor Pulp Products Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces and supplies pulp and paper products in Canada, Europe, Asia, the United States, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Pulp and Paper. The company offers solid wood; bleached and unbleached softwood kraft pulps; and bleached, unbleached, and colored kraft papers. It also produces green energy. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Canfor Pulp Products Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Canadian Forest Products Ltd.

About IT Tech Packaging

IT Tech Packaging, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and distribution of paper products in the People's Republic of China. The company operates through three segments: Dongfang Paper, Tengsheng Paper, and Baoding Shengde. It offers corrugating medium papers to companies making corrugating cardboards; and offset printing papers to printing companies. The company also provides tissue paper products, including toilet papers, boxed and soft-packed tissues, handkerchief tissues, and paper napkins, as well as bathroom and kitchen paper towels under the Dongfang Paper brand. In addition, it produces and sells non-medical single-use face masks, and medical face masks. The company was formerly known as Orient Paper, Inc. and changed its name to IT Tech Packaging, Inc. in August 2018. The company is headquartered in Baoding, the People's' Republic of China.