Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) Raised to Hold at Zacks Research

Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) was upgraded by stock analysts at Zacks Research from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday,Zacks.com reports. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Weyerhaeuser’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.02 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.07 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $0.17 EPS and Q2 2027 earnings at $0.17 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also recently weighed in on WY. Wall Street Zen cut Weyerhaeuser from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Sunday, August 3rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on Weyerhaeuser from $32.00 to $31.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, September 17th. CIBC dropped their target price on shares of Weyerhaeuser from $32.00 to $31.00 and set an “outperformer” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, September 11th. DA Davidson reduced their price target on shares of Weyerhaeuser from $35.00 to $31.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, November 3rd. Finally, Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Weyerhaeuser from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Friday, November 7th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have given a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $30.75.

Weyerhaeuser Trading Down 0.0%

NYSE:WY opened at $22.44 on Wednesday. The company’s 50 day moving average is $24.07 and its 200-day moving average is $25.34. The company has a quick ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 1.04 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45. Weyerhaeuser has a 12 month low of $22.28 and a 12 month high of $32.70. The firm has a market cap of $16.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 59.06, a P/E/G ratio of 244.04 and a beta of 1.04.

Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.07) by $0.13. The business had revenue of $1.72 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.71 billion. Weyerhaeuser had a net margin of 3.97% and a return on equity of 2.95%. Weyerhaeuser’s revenue was up 12.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.05 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Weyerhaeuser will post 0.78 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Weyerhaeuser

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Norges Bank bought a new stake in Weyerhaeuser during the second quarter worth about $600,502,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its stake in shares of Weyerhaeuser by 86.5% in the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 13,550,466 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $348,111,000 after acquiring an additional 6,284,982 shares during the last quarter. Nuveen LLC acquired a new position in shares of Weyerhaeuser in the 1st quarter worth approximately $107,330,000. Millennium Management LLC grew its position in Weyerhaeuser by 2,952.7% during the 1st quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 3,130,367 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $91,657,000 after acquiring an additional 3,027,823 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership grew its position in Weyerhaeuser by 86.2% during the 3rd quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 4,300,937 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $106,620,000 after acquiring an additional 1,990,806 shares during the last quarter. 82.99% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Weyerhaeuser

Weyerhaeuser Company, one of the world's largest private owners of timberlands, began operations in 1900. We own or control approximately 11 million acres of timberlands in the U.S. and manage additional timberlands under long-term licenses in Canada. We manage these timberlands on a sustainable basis in compliance with internationally recognized forestry standards.