FY2026 Earnings Forecast for TSE:WFG Issued By Raymond James

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TSE:WFG) – Equities researchers at Raymond James issued their FY2026 earnings estimates for West Fraser Timber in a note issued to investors on Monday, October 21st. Raymond James analyst D. Swetlishoff anticipates that the company will earn $16.48 per share for the year. The consensus estimate for West Fraser Timber’s current full-year earnings is $8.12 per share.

Several other research analysts also recently commented on the stock. CIBC raised their price target on shares of West Fraser Timber from C$125.00 to C$138.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, July 29th. BMO Capital Markets raised shares of West Fraser Timber to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 30th.

West Fraser Timber Trading Up 1.2 %

Shares of WFG opened at C$132.46 on Thursday. West Fraser Timber has a twelve month low of C$88.61 and a twelve month high of C$141.27. The company has a market cap of C$10.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 58.10 and a beta of 2.03. The company has a current ratio of 2.33, a quick ratio of 2.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.39. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is C$126.42 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$115.40.

West Fraser Timber (TSE:WFG) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July 24th. The company reported C$1.64 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of C$1.76 by C($0.12). West Fraser Timber had a net margin of 2.21% and a return on equity of 1.98%. The firm had revenue of C$2.33 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of C$2.21 billion.

West Fraser Timber Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 11th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 26th were paid a $0.32 dividend. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.97%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 26th. West Fraser Timber’s dividend payout ratio is presently 75.88%.

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.