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Conifex Timber

CFF.TO
15
Paper, Lumber & Forest Products · Basic Materials
Price
C$0.13
-0.01 (-3.85%)
Market Cap
C$5.1M
Exchange
Toronto Stock Exchange
Winston Score
15
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Weak
Valuation
Data not available

Share count falling — buybacks

9.8% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 45.2M (2021) → 40.8M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Conifex Timber Inc. is a Canadian forest products company that cuts down trees and turns them into lumber. Its main products are softwood lumber, which is sold to homebuilders, retailers, and distributors, primarily in North America. The company operates sawmills in British Columbia, Canada, making it part of the country's important but cyclical forestry industry.

Conifex earns money by selling lumber at market prices, which means its revenue rises and falls with housing demand and commodity lumber prices. It also generates some power from wood waste at its facilities, adding a small secondary income stream. The company is relatively small, and its negative margins show it is currently losing money — a reflection of weak lumber markets and high operating costs. The biggest risk Conifex faces is continued low lumber prices, since the company has little control over what it charges and must compete against much larger producers with lower cost structures.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-32.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-15.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

C$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (3%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

28.6%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~16 months

C$14M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

Revenue declining

Conifex Timber's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
6.8%
Thin — 6.8% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-33.8%
Losing money on operations — -33.8%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-40.5%
Weak — -40.5% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-18.5%
Shrinking sales (-18.5% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-17.4%
Burning cash (-17.4%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
3.26
Heavy debt load (3.26)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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