Scotiabank Has Negative Outlook for TSE:WFG FY2025 Earnings

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TSE:WFG) – Analysts at Scotiabank decreased their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of West Fraser Timber in a research report issued on Tuesday, February 18th. Scotiabank analyst B. Isaacson now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $5.78 for the year, down from their previous forecast of $7.58. The consensus estimate for West Fraser Timber’s current full-year earnings is $8.12 per share. Scotiabank also issued estimates for West Fraser Timber’s FY2026 earnings at $9.45 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. Raymond James cut West Fraser Timber from a “strong-buy” rating to a “moderate buy” rating in a research report on Monday, January 20th. CIBC reduced their price objective on West Fraser Timber from C$171.00 to C$170.00 in a research note on Tuesday.

West Fraser Timber Stock Down 1.4 %

Shares of WFG stock opened at C$112.21 on Friday. West Fraser Timber has a 1 year low of C$100.84 and a 1 year high of C$141.27. The stock has a market cap of C$6.25 billion, a PE ratio of -67.09 and a beta of 2.03. The business’s fifty day moving average is C$123.66 and its 200-day moving average is C$126.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.39, a quick ratio of 2.10 and a current ratio of 1.82.

West Fraser Timber Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, January 14th. Investors of record on Tuesday, January 14th were given a dividend of $0.32 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 27th. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.14%. West Fraser Timber’s payout ratio is -103.44%.

About West Fraser Timber

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.