FY2025 EPS Estimates for West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. Lifted by Analyst (TSE:WFG)

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TSE:WFG) – Raymond James raised their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for West Fraser Timber in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, July 22nd. Raymond James analyst D. Swetlishoff now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $13.02 for the year, up from their previous estimate of $12.89. The consensus estimate for West Fraser Timber’s current full-year earnings is $6.86 per share.

West Fraser Timber (TSE:WFG) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, April 23rd. The company reported C$0.57 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of C($0.08) by C$0.65. West Fraser Timber had a negative return on equity of 1.22% and a negative net margin of 1.39%. The company had revenue of C$2.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of C$1.90 billion.

Separately, CIBC cut their price objective on shares of West Fraser Timber from C$140.00 to C$125.00 in a research report on Thursday, July 18th.

West Fraser Timber Stock Up 7.1 %

Shares of West Fraser Timber stock opened at C$117.23 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of C$9.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -79.21 and a beta of 2.09. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of C$107.39 and a 200-day simple moving average of C$108.95. West Fraser Timber has a 52-week low of C$88.61 and a 52-week high of C$121.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.23, a current ratio of 2.33 and a quick ratio of 2.10.

West Fraser Timber Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 12th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 26th were given a dividend of $0.441 per share. This represents a $1.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.50%. This is an increase from West Fraser Timber’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 26th. West Fraser Timber’s dividend payout ratio is presently -109.46%.

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.