Scotiabank Lowers Earnings Estimates for West Fraser Timber

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TSE:WFG) – Analysts at Scotiabank reduced their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for West Fraser Timber in a report released on Tuesday, February 18th. Scotiabank analyst B. Isaacson now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $5.78 per share for the year, down from their prior estimate 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 research analysts also recently issued reports on WFG. CIBC cut their price objective on West Fraser Timber from C$171.00 to C$170.00 in a report on Tuesday. Raymond James downgraded West Fraser Timber from a “strong-buy” rating to a “moderate buy” rating in a report on Monday, January 20th.

West Fraser Timber Stock Performance

Shares of West Fraser Timber stock opened at C$113.80 on Friday. West Fraser Timber has a 52 week low of C$100.84 and a 52 week high of C$141.27. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is C$123.96 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$126.06. The firm has a market cap of C$6.34 billion, a PE ratio of -68.04 and a beta of 2.03. The company has a quick ratio of 2.10, a current ratio of 1.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.39.

West Fraser Timber Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, January 14th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, January 14th were paid a dividend of $0.32 per share. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.12%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 27th. West Fraser Timber’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) 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.