Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. UFPI scored 46.3, BCC scored 40.5 — UFPI leads.
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UFPI
UFP Industries, Inc.
Lumber & Wood Production · Quality-Growth
46.3
$74.21 · $4.1B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
5.8
UFPI leads
BCC
Boise Cascade Company
Lumber & Wood Production · Quality-Growth
40.5
$73.57 · $2.6B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestUFPI16.9x
Fastest growthBCC-1.5%
Strongest balance sheetUFPI0.13
Highest qualityUFPI63 / 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)
UFPI
stronger →← stronger
BCC
63
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
53
29
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
42
53
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
30
UFPI is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
UFPI
BCC
$267mC
FCF
$103mC
-4.7%D+
Rev
-1.5%D+
0.13B+
D/E
0.27B+
16.9xB
P/E
25.0xC+
2.67C
PEG
2.94C
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
UFPI
BCC
20% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
76% above
~9%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~18%/yr
-17%
1-yr DCF upside
-43%
-17%
5-yr DCF upside
-43%
-16%
10-yr DCF upside
-44%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
UFPI
Why this score
Buying back stock
BCC
Why this score
Buying back stock
The companies
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.
BCCBoise Cascade Company
Lumber & Wood Production · $73.57 · beta 1.05
Why now
Lumber & Wood Production · market cap $2.6b. Down 20% from 52-week high of $91.97 — deep drawdown territory. 6 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $96.50 (implying +31% upside).
Moat
FCF converts 98% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Net margin 1.6% 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.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where UFPI and BCC diverge
On the headline score the gap is 5.8 points in favor of UFPI. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
ValueUFPI 53.4 · BCC 29.7UFPI +23.7
GrowthUFPI 29.5 · BCC 41.8BCC +12.3
QualityUFPI 63.0 · BCC 53.4UFPI +9.6
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 UFPI or BCC the better stock?
UFPI scores higher: UFPI 46.3, BCC 40.5 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 UFPI and BCC differ most?
The widest gap is value, where UFPI leads by 24 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are UFPI and BCC 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.