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West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFG.TO)

CAD100.39 +0.17 (+0.17%)
CA TSX Basic Materials Paper, Lumber & Forest Products
Address 858 Beatty Street V6B 1C1
Vancouver, BC, CA
CEO Sean McLaren
IPO 1986-05-07
ISIN CA9528451052

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Also trades on New York Stock Exchange · WFG (USD) Toronto Stock Exchange · WFG.TO (CAD)
Description

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., a diversified leader in the wood products sector, is actively involved in the creation, commercialization, and distribution of an extensive range of goods. Its comprehensive portfolio encompasses lumber, advanced engineered wood products, various pulps, newsprint, and byproducts such as wood chips and other residuals, alongside generating renewable energy. Among its specific lumber offerings are spruce-pine-fir and southern yellow pine, as well as treated timber products. The company's engineered wood solutions feature medium-density fiberboard (MDF) panels, plywood, oriented strand board (OSB), and laminated veneer lumber (LVL). Furthermore, West Fraser Timber manufactures northern bleached softwood Kraft (NBSK) pulp and bleached chemical thermo-mechanical pulp (BCTMP), crucial for producing diverse paper items like printing, writing, specialty, and tissue products. These offerings are supplied to a broad customer base, including major retail chains, contractor supply depots, and wholesale distributors. Industrial clients also procure West Fraser's materials for further processing or as integral components within their own manufactured goods. The company's substantial market footprint spans Canada, the United States, China, Europe, Asia, and other international territories. Founded in 1955, West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. maintains its principal office in Vancouver, Canada.

Market Cap & Enterprise Value
Merger & Acquisition History

No mergers or acquisitions recorded for this company.

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CAD100.39 +0.17 (+0.17%)
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Liquidity & share structure
Average Volume
173.0K
Beta
1.12
Float Shares
51.70M
Free Float %
68.0%
Price Performance
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-1.30% -5.32% -5.96% -13.30% +0.45% +1.08% -17.22% -14.83% -12.39% +108.76% +1,240.92%
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Market Data

Analyst Consensus (5 ratings, all time) Buy
Price Targets & DCF
Current price
100.39
DCF (Unlevered) 70.57 -29.7%
DCF (Levered) 40.49 -59.7%

DCF figures are point estimates: small changes in growth or discount-rate assumptions move them materially. Read them as a reference, not a precise target.

Ratings Trend (MoM) 71% Bullish
Rating 2026-05 Change
Strong Buy 3 -1
Buy 2 0
Hold 2 0
Sell 0 0
Strong Sell 0 0
Quality scores
Altman Z-Score
2.69
Grey zone
Piotroski F-Score
4 / 9
Average
MOAT Score
1 / 10
No MOAT
Composite Rating
C+
Overall Score
2 / 5
Medium
DCF Score
4 / 5
High
ROE Score
1 / 5
Low
ROA Score
1 / 5
Low
D/E Score
2 / 5
Medium
P/E Score
1 / 5
Low
P/Book Score
4 / 5
High
Operational MOAT
✗ Below peers
  • Revenue growth Paper, Lumber & Forest Products: +0.4%
    -11.5% Q1'26: -10.1% (vs Q1'25)
  • EPS growth Paper, Lumber & Forest Products: -12.0%
    -15,703.5% Q1'26: -611.7% (vs Q1'25)
  • FCF margin FCF growth · Paper, Lumber & Forest Products: +37.3%
    -14.8% Q1'26: -20.2% (vs Q1'25)
  • EBIT margin Paper, Lumber & Forest Products: +5.4%
    -21.1% Q1'26: -15.7% (vs Q1'25)
  • ROIC Paper, Lumber & Forest Products: +2.9%
    -19.3% Q1'26: -10.2% (vs Q1'25)
  • Share dilution Paper, Lumber & Forest Products: +0.0%
    -2.4% Q1'26: -2.0% (vs Q1'25)
  • Debt / EBITDA Net debt/EBITDA · Paper, Lumber & Forest Products: 0.66×
    -0.55× Q1'26: -1.87× (vs Q1'25)
Valuation Multiples From To
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DCF Interactive Model (UFCF)
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Market assumptions
WACC components (optional)
Ke (Cost of Equity) = Rf + β (1.12) × ERP
WACC = 95% × Ke + 5% × Kd (5.7%) × (1−t)

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Business assumptions
Intrinsic value (base): 70.57 Current price: 100.39
Enterprise Value: Equity Value: Terminal Value: TV as % of EV:

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Consensus Estimates
Metric Dec 2015
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Dec 2016
actual
Dec 2017
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Dec 2018
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Dec 2019
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Dec 2020
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Dec 2021
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Dec 2022
actual
Dec 2023
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Dec 2024
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Dec 2025
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Dec 2026
6 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Dec 2027
6 Rev. Ana.
5 EPS Ana.
Dec 2028
1 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Revenue
2.96B
est: 3.06B (-3.3%)
3.29B
est: 3.36B (-2.1%)
4.04B
est: 4.05B (-0.4%)
4.84B
est: 5.10B (-5.0%)
3.66B
est: 3.61B (+1.4%)
4.36B
est: 4.48B (-2.7%)
10.43B
est: 10.31B (+1.2%)
9.79B
est: 9.73B (+0.6%)
6.44B
est: 4.79B (+34.4%)
6.17B
est: 6.20B (-0.6%)
5.46B
est: 5.51B (-0.9%)
5.57B
5.49B – 5.66B
+1.2% YoY
6.26B
5.87B – 6.54B
+12.3% YoY
4.79B
4.60B – 4.94B
-23.5% YoY
EBITDA
313.26M
est: 724.54M (-56.8%)
484.50M
est: 796.17M (-39.1%)
843.63M
est: 959.32M (-12.1%)
1.04B
est: 1.21B (-13.4%)
93.88M
est: 855.13M (-89.0%)
1.02B
est: 1.06B (-3.6%)
4.48B
est: 2.44B (+83.8%)
3.23B
est: 2.30B (+40.3%)
534.72M
est: 802.80M (-33.4%)
654.38M
est: 1.04B (-37.0%)
-608.00M
est: 923.41M (-165.8%)
934.04M
920.41M – 949.02M
+1.2% YoY
1.05B
984.26M – 1.10B
+12.3% YoY
801.87M
770.49M – 826.90M
-23.5% YoY
EBIT
175.40M
est: 519.20M (-66.2%)
338.78M
est: 570.52M (-40.6%)
678.52M
est: 687.43M (-1.3%)
841.32M
est: 864.30M (-2.7%)
-100.64M
est: 612.77M (-116.4%)
819.33M
est: 759.44M (+7.9%)
3.90B
est: 1.75B (+123.4%)
2.64B
est: 1.65B (+59.8%)
-4.99M
est: 430.42M (-101.2%)
105.90M
est: 557.24M (-81.0%)
-1.15B
est: 495.08M (-332.7%)
500.78M
493.48M – 508.82M
+1.2% YoY
562.16M
527.71M – 587.41M
+12.3% YoY
429.92M
413.10M – 443.34M
-23.5% YoY
Net Income
75.07M
est: 123.66M (-39.3%)
241.14M
est: 218.90M (+10.2%)
468.59M
est: 475.35M (-1.4%)
641.08M
est: 778.19M (-17.6%)
-112.66M
est: -35.33M (-218.9%)
586.09M
est: 687.42M (-14.7%)
2.92B
est: 2.17B (+34.5%)
1.99B
est: 1.67B (+19.4%)
-166.60M
est: 106.06M (-257.1%)
-5.00M
est: 96.10M (-105.2%)
-937.00M
est: -446.37M (-109.9%)
-252.80M
-274.05M – -231.55M
+43.4% YoY
130.34M
21.33M – 273.13M
+151.6% YoY
340.02M
324.40M – 355.65M
+160.9% YoY
SGA
550.73M
est: 483.86M (+13.8%)
596.93M
est: 531.69M (+12.3%)
698.96M
est: 640.65M (+9.1%)
774.84M
est: 805.48M (-3.8%)
704.49M
est: 571.07M (+23.4%)
729.62M
est: 707.75M (+3.1%)
1.20B
est: 1.63B (-26.6%)
1.35B
est: 1.54B (-12.1%)
1.22B
est: 778.02M (+57.1%)
1.11B
est: 1.01B (+10.5%)
1.03B
est: 894.90M (+15.3%)
905.21M
892.00M – 919.72M
+1.2% YoY
1.02B
953.87M – 1.06B
+12.3% YoY
777.12M
746.71M – 801.37M
-23.5% YoY
EPS
0.90
est: 1.52 (-40.8%)
3.00
est: 2.70 (+11.2%)
6.00
est: 5.86 (+2.4%)
8.61
est: 9.59 (-10.2%)
-1.64
est: -0.44 (-276.6%)
8.54
est: 8.47 (+0.8%)
26.80
est: 26.79 (+0.0%)
21.26
est: 20.58 (+3.3%)
-2.00
est: 1.29 (-254.9%)
-0.06
est: 1.22 (-105.1%)
-11.87
est: -5.67 (-109.4%)
-3.19
-3.46 – -2.93
+43.7% YoY
1.89
0.27 – 3.45
+159.1% YoY
4.32
4.10 – 4.49
+128.9% YoY
Recent Grade Changes (3M)
Date Firm Previous New Grade Action
2026-05-01 RBC Capital Outperform Outperform Maintain
Historical Ratings (3M)
Date Rating Overall DCF ROE ROA D/E P/E P/B
2026-05-01 C+ 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-30 C+ 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-29 C+ 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-28 C+ 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-27 C+ 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-24 C+ 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-23 C+ 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-22 C+ 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-21 C+ 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-20 C+ 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-17 C+ 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-16 C+ 2/5 4/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5

Owner Earnings

Owner's Earnings (history) From To
Owner alignment
Owner's Earnings TTM
-519.57M
OE per share TTM
-6.66
Owner's Yield
-7.82%
Maintenance CapEx ratio
Maint CapEx / Avg PPE
48.8%

Ownership Overview

Ownership breakdown

Ownership breakdown not available.

At a glance
Institutional holders
Total invested
Insider transactions (90d)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)

No beneficial ownership filings recorded.

Institutional Activity (13F)

Institutional ownership trend

Institutional history not available.

Top institutional holders

Top holders not available.

ETF Ownership

Top ETFs holding this stock Held by 88 ETFs in our universe
# ETF Weight Est. AUM exposure TER
1 iShares Global Timber & Forestry ETF WOOD 4.39% 11.02M 0.40%
2 iShares Global Timber & Forestry UCITS ETF WOOD.L 4.38% 3.57M 0.65%
3 T. Rowe Price Natural Resources ETF TURF 1.30% 2.84M 0.44%
4 Desjardins RI Canada Multifactor - Net-Zero Emissions Pathway ETF DRFC.TO 0.79% 2.05M 0.40%
5 State Street SPDR S&P Global Natural Resources ETF GNR 0.78% 35.33M 0.40%
6 iShares S&P/TSX Capped Materials Index ETF XMA.TO 0.67% 2.77M 0.61%
7 iShares S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Index ETF CDZ.TO 0.65% 5.73M 0.66%
8 iShares S&P/TSX Completion Index ETF XMD.TO 0.54% 2.99M 0.60%
9 iShares ESG Aware MSCI Canada Index ETF XESG.TO 0.52% 2.38M 0.17%
10 FlexShares Morningstar Global Upstream Natural Resources Index Fund GUNR 0.25% 17.16M 0.47%

Insider Activity

Insider Activity — Latest Quarter

No insider activity available.

Insider buys vs sells (history)

Insider history not available.

Recent insider transactions

No recent insider transactions.

Executive team

Top executives
EBIT / Employee
-118.8K
Shares Outstanding
76.02M

Executive compensation

Executive compensation (annual)

Executive compensation not available.

CEO compensation breakdown

No CEO compensation history available.

Proxy statements

Proxy statements (DEF 14A)

No proxy statements available for this company yet.

Recent SEC filings

Recent SEC filings

No SEC filings available for this company yet.

Executive team

NameTitleCompensationGender
Sean McLaren Chief Executive Officer, President & Director 1M male
Kevin John Burke Executive Vice-President of North American Operations 770.2K male
Alan G. McMeekin Senior Vice President of Europe 665.5K male
Christopher A. Virostek HBBA EVP & Chief Financial Officer 626.0K male
Robin A. Lampard Senior Vice-President of Corporate Services 535.7K female
Keith D. Carter Senior Vice-President of Western Canada male
Chuck H. Watkins Vice-President of Capital & Technology male
Matt Tobin Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing male
Robert Winslow Director of Investor Relations & Corporate Development male
James Laundry Vice-President of Human Resources male
Shannon D. Webber Vice President & General Counsel female
Joyce Wagenaar Director of Communications female
ESG Score History

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House Trading Activity

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