Research Analysts Issue Forecasts for West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.’s FY2024 Earnings (TSE:WFG)

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TSE:WFG) – Investment analysts at Scotiabank raised their FY2024 earnings estimates for West Fraser Timber in a note issued to investors on Monday, April 29th. Scotiabank analyst B. Isaacson now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $5.66 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $2.45. The consensus estimate for West Fraser Timber’s current full-year earnings is $3.96 per share.

West Fraser Timber (TSE:WFG) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February 14th. The company reported C($0.31) earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of C($0.38) by C$0.07. West Fraser Timber had a negative net margin of 2.59% and a negative return on equity of 2.25%. The company had revenue of C$2.06 billion during the quarter.

Separately, CIBC boosted their target price on shares of West Fraser Timber from C$131.00 to C$140.00 in a research note on Thursday, April 11th.

West Fraser Timber Trading Up 0.6 %

Shares of TSE WFG opened at C$106.05 on Thursday. West Fraser Timber has a 1-year low of C$88.61 and a 1-year high of C$121.64. The company has a market cap of C$8.41 billion, a PE ratio of -38.85 and a beta of 2.08. The company has a current ratio of 2.26, a quick ratio of 2.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.45. The company has a 50-day moving average of C$110.51 and a two-hundred day moving average of C$107.14.

West Fraser Timber Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 4th. Investors of record on Friday, March 15th were paid a dividend of $0.403 per share. This represents a $1.61 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.52%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 14th. West Fraser Timber’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -59.34%.

West Fraser Timber Company Profile

West Fraser Timber Co Ltd., a diversified wood products company, engages in manufacturing, selling, marketing, and distributing lumber, engineered wood products, pulp, newsprint, wood chips, and other residuals and renewable energy. It offers spruce-pine-fir, douglas fir-larch, hem-fir, and southern yellow pine lumber, treated wood products, medium density fiberboard panels and plywood, oriented strand board, and laminated veneer lumber wood products, as well as particleboards.