Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. UFPI scored 46.3, SUZ scored 48.1 — SUZ 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
1.8
SUZ leads
SUZ
Suzano S.A.
Paper & Paper Products · Quality-Growth
48.1
$8.57 · $10.6B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestSUZ6.9x
Fastest growthSUZ+5.7%
Strongest balance sheetUFPI0.13
Highest qualityUFPI63 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueSUZ-34%
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
SUZ
63
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
57
29
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
53
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
53
UFPI and SUZ split the three pillars evenly.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
UFPI
SUZ
$267mC
FCF
$975mC+
-4.7%D+
Rev
+5.7%C+
0.13B+
D/E
1.99D
16.9xB
P/E
6.9xA
2.67C
PEG
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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
SUZ
20% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
34% below
~9%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-4%/yr
-17%
1-yr DCF upside
+43%
-17%
5-yr DCF upside
+51%
-16%
10-yr DCF upside
+63%
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
SUZ
Why this score
Cyclical growth
Foreign reporter (BRL)
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.
SUZSuzano S.A.
Paper & Paper Products · $8.57 · beta 0.00
Why now
Paper & Paper Products · market cap $10.6b. Down 26% from 52-week high of $11.54 — deep drawdown territory. 6 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $12.55 (implying +46% upside).
Moat
Net margin 17% 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.
Risk
Value re-rating depends on a catalyst. Without one — analyst day, divestiture, margin recovery, capital return — the stock can stay cheap on these multiples for years.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
SUZ leads UFPI by 12.8 points (57.8 to 45.0), its sharpest advantage coming in Rev (grade C+). A contrarian could still prefer UFPI for its stronger D/E (grade B+). Note they play different roles — SUZ screens as value, UFPI screens as growth — so the model rewards different traits for each.
Our AI analyst is busy right now, so this verdict is drawn directly from the pillars, grades and DCF above.
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Where UFPI and SUZ diverge
On the headline score the gap is 1.8 points in favor of SUZ. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
GrowthUFPI 29.5 · SUZ 50.0SUZ +20.5
QualityUFPI 63.0 · SUZ 57.3UFPI +5.7
ValueUFPI 53.4 · SUZ 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 SUZ or UFPI the better stock?
SUZ scores higher: SUZ 48.1, 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 SUZ and UFPI differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where SUZ leads by 21 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 SUZ 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.