Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for TSE:WFG Q1 Earnings

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TSE:WFG) – Research analysts at Scotiabank issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of West Fraser Timber in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, February 18th. Scotiabank analyst B. Isaacson anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.75 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for West Fraser Timber’s current full-year earnings is $8.12 per share.

WFG has been the topic of several other reports. Raymond James lowered West Fraser Timber from a “strong-buy” rating to a “moderate buy” rating in a research report on Monday, January 20th. CIBC cut their price objective on shares of West Fraser Timber from C$171.00 to C$170.00 in a research report on Tuesday.

West Fraser Timber Price Performance

Shares of TSE:WFG opened at C$113.80 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of C$6.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -68.04 and a beta of 2.03. West Fraser Timber has a 1 year low of C$100.84 and a 1 year high of C$141.27. The company has a current ratio of 1.82, a quick ratio of 2.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.39. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of C$123.96 and a 200 day simple moving average of C$126.06.

West Fraser Timber Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, January 14th. Investors of record on Tuesday, January 14th were issued a $0.32 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 27th. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.12%. West Fraser Timber’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -103.44%.

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.