Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. SSD scored 61.2, UFPI scored 46.3 — SSD leads.
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SSD
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Lumber & Wood Production · Quality-Growth
61.2
$171.12 · $7.0B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
14.9
SSD leads
UFPI
UFP Industries, Inc.
Lumber & Wood Production · Quality-Growth
46.3
$74.21 · $4.1B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestUFPI16.9x
Fastest growthSSD+6.5%
Strongest balance sheetUFPI0.13
Highest qualitySSD83 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
SSD
stronger →← stronger
UFPI
83
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
63
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
29
55
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
53
SSD is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
SSD
UFPI
$468mC
FCF
$267mC
+6.5%C+
Rev
-4.7%D+
0.21B+
D/E
0.13B+
18.8xB
P/E
16.9xB
3.80D
PEG
2.67C
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
SSD
UFPI
19% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
20% above
~10%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~9%/yr
-19%
1-yr DCF upside
-17%
-16%
5-yr DCF upside
-17%
-12%
10-yr DCF upside
-16%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
SSD
Why this score
Durable high returns
Cyclical growth
UFPI
Why this score
Buying back stock
The companies
SSDSimpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Lumber & Wood Production · $171.12 · beta 1.32
Why now
Lumber & Wood Production · market cap $7.0b. 20% off the 52-week high of $213.49. 5 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $219.00 (implying +28% upside).
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% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 124% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
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.
UFPIUFP Industries, Inc.
Lumber & Wood Production · $74.21 · beta 1.22
Why now
Lumber & Wood Production · market cap $4.1b. Down 37% from 52-week high of $118.00 — deep drawdown territory. 5 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $102.60 (implying +38% upside).
Moat
FCF converts 107% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Down 37% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Net margin 4.0% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
The model favors SSD with a score of 59, primarily due to its superior Quality pillar score of 83 compared to UFPI's 63. However, a contrarian might prefer UFPI as its current price implies a lower 9% FCF growth rate, suggesting less optimism is baked in. A structural caveat for both is that they are priced above their DCF fair value.
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Where SSD and UFPI diverge
On the headline score the gap is 14.9 points in favor of SSD. The widest single difference is Growth, where SSD leads by 20.5 points.
GrowthSSD 50.0 · UFPI 29.5SSD +20.5
QualitySSD 83.1 · UFPI 63.0SSD +20.1
ValueSSD 55.3 · UFPI 53.4level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is SSD or UFPI the better stock?
SSD scores higher: SSD 61.2, UFPI 46.3 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do SSD and UFPI differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where SSD leads by 21 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. SSD also leads quality, while value is effectively level between them.
How are SSD and UFPI scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.