What is Scotiabank’s Forecast for TSE:WFG FY2025 Earnings?

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TSE:WFG) – Investment analysts at Scotiabank cut their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of West Fraser Timber in a report issued 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 previous 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 have also recently commented on the stock. Raymond James cut shares of 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 target on shares of West Fraser Timber from C$171.00 to C$170.00 in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th.

West Fraser Timber Trading Down 1.4 %

WFG opened at C$112.21 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of C$6.25 billion, a P/E ratio of -67.09 and a beta of 2.03. West Fraser Timber has a 12 month low of C$100.84 and a 12 month high of C$141.27. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is C$123.66 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$126.02. The company has a current ratio of 1.82, a quick ratio of 2.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.39.

West Fraser Timber Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, January 14th. Shareholders 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.14%. West Fraser Timber’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -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.