Weekly Analysts’ Ratings Updates for West Fraser Timber (WFG)

Several analysts have recently updated their ratings and price targets for West Fraser Timber (NYSE: WFG):

• 10/31/2026 – West Fraser Timber was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “sell” to “hold”.
• 10/29/2026 – West Fraser Timber had its “sell (d-)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.
• 10/29/2026 – West Fraser Timber had its price target lowered by Raymond James Financial from $85.00 to $80.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/29/2026 – West Fraser Timber was upgraded by Cantor Fitzgerald to “buy”.
• 10/16/2026 – West Fraser Timber had its price target lowered by Royal Bank Of Canada from $83.00 to $81.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 9/15/2026 – West Fraser Timber was upgraded by Raymond James Financial from “market perform” to “outperform”. They now have a $85.00 price target on the stock, up from $75.00.

West Fraser Timber Stock Up 0.9%

Shares of NYSE:WFG traded up $0.61 during trading on Friday, reaching $66.47. 12,863 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 213,160. The stock has a market cap of $5.20 billion, a P/E ratio of -4.80 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a quick ratio of 1.07 and a current ratio of 2.29. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $68.16 and a two-hundred day moving average of $67.20. West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. has a 52-week low of $57.83 and a 52-week high of $76.99.

West Fraser Timber (NYSE:WFG) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 28th. The company reported ($1.03) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.84) by ($0.19). West Fraser Timber had a negative return on equity of 9.19% and a negative net margin of 20.39%. The firm had revenue of $1.36 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.42 billion. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. will post -4.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

West Fraser Timber Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, October 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 29th were paid a $0.32 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 29th. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.9%. West Fraser Timber’s payout ratio is currently -9.25%.

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. is an integrated forest products company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. Founded in 1955 as a sawmill in Quesnel, the company has grown into a producer of wood-based building materials and other forest products. Its products include lumber, oriented strand board (OSB), plywood, medium-density fibreboard, laminated veneer lumber, pulp, paper and related products. West Fraser also uses wood residuals to produce items such as wood chips and renewable energy.