Scotiabank Predicts Weaker Earnings for West Fraser Timber

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TSE:WFG) – Research analysts at Scotiabank cut their FY2025 EPS estimates for West Fraser Timber in a research note issued on Monday, July 28th. Scotiabank analyst B. Isaacson now anticipates that the company will post earnings of ($0.73) per share for the year, down from their previous forecast of $3.64. 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 $3.20 EPS.

WFG has been the topic of a number of other research reports. CIBC cut their price target on shares of West Fraser Timber from C$170.00 to C$142.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Raymond James Financial cut shares of West Fraser Timber from a “moderate buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, July 21st.

West Fraser Timber Stock Performance

Shares of West Fraser Timber stock opened at C$96.24 on Wednesday. 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 has a twelve month low of C$95.79 and a twelve month high of C$141.27. The stock has a market cap of C$5.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -57.54 and a beta of 2.03. The company’s fifty day moving average is C$101.80 and its 200 day moving average is C$108.35.

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.