Raymond James Weighs in on West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.’s FY2025 Earnings (TSE:WFG)

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TSE:WFG) – Equities research analysts at Raymond James raised their FY2025 earnings estimates for West Fraser Timber in a research report issued on Wednesday, April 24th. Raymond James analyst D. Swetlishoff now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $12.89 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $12.60. The consensus estimate for West Fraser Timber’s current full-year earnings is $3.96 per share.

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 Stock Down 0.4 %

Shares of TSE:WFG opened at C$107.50 on Thursday. 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 fifty day simple moving average of C$110.59 and a 200 day simple moving average of C$106.65. The firm has a market cap of C$8.53 billion, a PE ratio of -39.38 and a beta of 2.08. West Fraser Timber has a 12-month low of C$88.61 and a 12-month high of C$121.64.

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

West Fraser Timber Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 4th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 15th were issued a dividend of $0.403 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 14th. This represents a $1.61 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.50%. 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.