COMPARE · Reviewed July 29, 2026
BCC vs SSD
Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. BCC scored 34.8, SSD scored 74.4 — SSD leads.
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BCC
Boise Cascade Company
34.8
$74.98 · $2.6B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
39.6
SSD leads
SSD
Simpson Manufacturing Co Inc
74.4
$185.23 · $7.8B
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
BCC
stronger →← stronger
SSD
50
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
83
48
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
84
18
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
59
SSD is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
BCC
SSD
$39mC-
FCF
$358mC
-3.8%D+
Rev
+14.0%B+
0.27B+
D/E
0.06A
25.2xC+
P/E
20.8xB
2.94C
PEG
1.48B
Winner per row is the stronger grade in our model; a tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
BCC
SSD
203% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
47% above
~45%/yr
Growth the price implies10-yr FCF · lower = less priced in
~19%/yr
-75%
1-yr DCF upside
-41%
-67%
5-yr DCF upside
-32%
-51%
10-yr DCF upside
-18%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
BCC
Why this score
- Buying back stock
- Cut its dividend
SSD
Why this score
- Durable high returns
The companies
BCCBoise Cascade Company
Why now
Lumber & Wood Production · market cap $2.6b. 18% off the 52-week high of $91.97. 6 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $92.33 (implying +23% upside).
Moat
Moat signals from the quantitative card are modest — profitability and capital efficiency are middle-of-pack. The thesis here depends on softer factors (switching costs, brand, distribution, regulatory protection) not captured by the quality-growth screen.
Risk
Net margin 1.7% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first. ROE 5% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate.
SSDSimpson Manufacturing Co Inc
Why now
Building · market cap $7.8b. 13% off the 52-week high of $213.49. Revenue growing +14%, comfortably above the S&P median.
Moat
Net margin 16% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 18% sits above Buffett's preferred 15% threshold — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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