West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFG)Basic Materials | Lumber & Wood Production | Vancouver, Canada | NYSE
66.79 USD
+1.87
(2.880%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 66.80 +0.01 (0.016%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 6:16 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 4:27 p.m. EDT
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFG) presents a mixed picture. Short-term, the stock has shown some volatility but is trading near its 52-week low, with a modest upward trend in recent days. The dividend yield is reasonable, but the payout ratio is high, and the company is currently unprofitable, which raises concerns about sustainability. The options market is showing some bearish sentiment, especially with higher IV in puts, suggesting potential for a downward move. Long-term, the company's fundamentals are weak, with negative profit margins and a high debt-to-equity ratio, making it a risky investment. However, the recent buybacks and analyst ratings might offer some support. Overall, WFG is not a strong candidate for either short-term or long-term investment at this time. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.067567 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.068688 |
| AutoETS | 0.068694 |
| MSTL | 0.071369 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 53% |
| H-stat | 2.62 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.045 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.27 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2026-03-12 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2026-03-12 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 5.693 |
| Revenue per Share | 69.159 |
| Market Cap | 5,232,777,216 |
| Forward P/E | 21.07 |
| Beta | 1.12 |
| Profit Margins | -17.16% |
| Website | https://www.westfraser.com |
As of April 11, 2026, 4:27 p.m. EDT: Options speculators are showing mixed signals. Calls are showing some interest in the 65 strike, which is close to the current price, indicating potential for a small upward move. However, the high IV in puts, especially at the 65 strike, suggests caution or bearish sentiment. The presence of significant OI in puts at the 65 strike and higher strikes indicates that investors are preparing for potential downside, which could be a sign of bearishness or hedging. The overall options activity suggests a cautious outlook with some short-term volatility expected.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.50% | 0.93% | 1.35% | 1.36% |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | 0.3200 | 0.496047 |
| 2025-06-26 | 0.3200 | 0.433395 |
| 2025-03-14 | 0.3200 | 0.421756 |
| 2024-12-27 | 0.3200 | 0.375140 |
| 2024-09-26 | 0.3200 | 0.339001 |
| 2024-06-26 | 0.3200 | 0.424255 |
| 2024-03-14 | 0.3000 | 0.380794 |
| 2023-12-28 | 0.3000 | 0.359053 |
| 2023-09-26 | 0.3000 | 0.428500 |
| 2023-06-20 | 0.3000 | 0.381968 |
| 2023-03-16 | 0.3000 | 0.430046 |
| 2022-12-29 | 0.3000 | 0.422905 |
| 2022-09-21 | 0.3000 | 0.418742 |
| 2022-06-21 | 0.3000 | 0.402496 |
| 2022-03-17 | 0.2500 | 0.271725 |
| 2021-12-23 | 0.2000 | 0.233839 |
| 2021-09-22 | 0.1950 | 0.257494 |
| 2021-06-18 | 0.2020 | 0.312338 |
| 2021-03-17 | 0.1610 | 0.263324 |
| 2020-12-24 | 0.1560 | 0.258210 |
| 2020-09-29 | 0.1500 | 0.348115 |
| 2020-07-06 | 0.1480 | 0.434436 |
| 2020-03-17 | 0.1430 | 0.678379 |
| 2019-12-24 | 0.1520 | 0.377237 |
| 2019-09-27 | 0.1510 | 0.416084 |
| 2019-06-25 | 0.1520 | 0.372413 |
| 2019-03-15 | 0.1500 | 0.333213 |
| 2018-12-24 | 0.1470 | 0.331096 |
| 2018-09-24 | 0.1550 | 0.288642 |
| 2018-06-26 | 0.1130 | 0.192240 |
| 2018-03-16 | 0.1150 | 0.187231 |
| 2017-12-22 | 0.0860 | 0.151921 |
| 2017-09-25 | 0.0890 | 0.171745 |
| 2017-06-23 | 0.0530 | 0.130230 |
| 2017-03-16 | 0.0530 | 0.139931 |
| 2016-12-16 | 0.0520 | 0.160297 |
| 2016-09-27 | 0.0530 | 0.192879 |
| 2016-06-24 | 0.0550 | 0.213379 |
| 2016-03-17 | 0.0530 | 0.156859 |
| 2015-12-17 | 0.0510 | 0.152047 |
| 2015-09-24 | 0.0530 | 0.171038 |
| 2015-06-25 | 0.0570 | 0.116185 |
| 2015-03-18 | 0.0550 | 0.124768 |
| 2014-12-18 | 0.0600 | 0.127509 |
| 2014-09-25 | 0.0630 | 0.145396 |
| 2014-06-26 | 0.0650 | 0.158605 |
| 2014-03-19 | 0.0630 | 0.153346 |
| 2013-12-19 | 0.0655 | 0.153934 |
| 2013-06-20 | 0.0680 | 0.182093 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.10455173 |
| Address1 | 885 West Georgia Street |
| Address2 | Suite 1500 |
| All Time High | 102.96 |
| All Time Low | 8.565 |
| Ask | 69.81 |
| Ask Size | 200 |
| Audit Risk | 4 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.9 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 177,800 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 226,754 |
| Average Volume | 226,754 |
| Average Volume10Days | 177,800 |
| Beta | 1.122 |
| Bid | 66.9 |
| Bid Size | 100 |
| Board Risk | 3 |
| Book Value | 74.7 |
| City | Vancouver |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 8 |
| Country | Canada |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 66.79 |
| Current Ratio | 2.131 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 67.64 |
| Day Low | 66.25 |
| Debt To Equity | 5.693 |
| Display Name | West Fraser Timber |
| Dividend Date | 1,775,088,000 |
| Dividend Rate | 1.28 |
| Dividend Yield | 1.92 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,777,563,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,777,563,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,777,492,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,777,492,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,777,492,800 |
| Ebitda | 65,000,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0119 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 82.471 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.981 |
| Enterprise Value | 5,360,645,120 |
| Eps Current Year | -1.53 |
| Eps Forward | 3.17 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -12.08 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,773,360,000 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 66.7102 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.07980347 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.0011962709 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -10.4551735 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 78.55 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -11.760002 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.14971358 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 57.34 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 9.450001 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.16480643 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 57.34 - 78.55 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,234,535,400,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 1.41 |
| Float Shares | 54,646,229 |
| Forward Eps | 3.17 |
| Forward P E | 21.0694 |
| Free Cashflow | -264,500,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 9,600 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.23398 |
| Gross Profits | 1,278,000,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.32349 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.58115 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 78,346,712 |
| Industry | Lumber & Wood Production |
| Industry Disp | Lumber & Wood Production |
| Industry Key | lumber-wood-production |
| Ir Website | http://www.westfraser.com/ir/index.asp |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,773,360,000 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.32 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,389,657,600 |
| Last Split Factor | 2:1 |
| Long Business Summary | West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., a diversified wood products company, engages in manufacturing, selling, marketing, and distributing lumber, engineered wood products, northern bleached softwood kraft pulp, newsprint, paper, wood chips and other residuals. It operates through four segments: Lumber, North America Engineered Wood Products, Pulp & Paper, and Europe Engineered Wood Products. The Lumber segment produces spruce, pine, fir and southern yellow pine lumber, douglas fir, hemlock, wood chips, and other residuals. The North America Engineered Wood Products segment manufactures oriented strand board, laminated veneer lumber, medium-density fibreboard, plywood, and particleboard, with OSB products marketed under brands such as Durastrand pointSIX, Pinnacle Stabledge, TruFlor pointSIX and TruFlor, Rimboard, SteadiTred, QuakeZone, Windstorm, TallWall and Trubord, and SolarBord, Trubord, TruDeck, StableDeck and StableWall, DuraSmart, Stable RVand NorCore; and MDF products under Ranger, WestPine, and EcoGold. The Pulp & Paper segment produces northern bleached softwood kraft pulp (NBSK), newsprint, and bleached chemithermomechanical pulp used to produce various paper products, including printing and writing papers, paper products, and tissue. The Europe Engineered Wood Products segment produces OSB, particleboard, and MDF applications including cabinet doors, mouldings and interior wall paneling under the SterlingOSB Zero, CaberFloor, and CaberMDF brands. It also provides bioenergy and green raw materials. Its products are used in home construction, repair and remodeling, paper, tissue, and box materials, and industrial applications. It sells its products to major retail chains, dealers, contractor supply yards, and wholesalers, as well as industrial customers for further processing or as components for other products in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and internationally. The company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. |
| Long Name | West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 5,232,777,216 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_643621 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -937,000,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 5,215,430,498 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 6 |
| Open | 65.89 |
| Operating Cashflow | 96,000,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.18798 |
| Overall Risk | 5 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.72190005 |
| Phone | 604 895 2700 |
| Post Market Change | 0.010551453 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.015797952 |
| Post Market Price | 66.80055 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,464,161 |
| Previous Close | 64.92 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -43.653595 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 0.89410985 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.95803314 |
| Profit Margins | -0.17155 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.806 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.85714 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 1.87 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 2.88047 |
| Regular Market Day High | 67.64 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 66.25 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 66.25 - 67.64 |
| Regular Market Open | 65.89 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 64.92 |
| Regular Market Price | 66.79 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,003 |
| Regular Market Volume | 219,011 |
| Return On Assets | -0.03655 |
| Return On Equity | -0.14637 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.171 |
| Revenue Per Share | 69.159 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.36506534 |
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Sector Disp | Basic Materials |
| Sector Key | basic-materials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 1 |
| Shares Outstanding | 76,018,344 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0238 |
| Shares Short | 2,409,774 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,122,125 |
| Short Name | West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd |
| Short Ratio | 9.39 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | BC |
| Symbol | WFG |
| Target High Price | 95.0 |
| Target Low Price | 81.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 86.66667 |
| Target Median Price | 86.5 |
| Total Cash | 202,000,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.58 |
| Total Debt | 333,000,000 |
| Total Revenue | 5,462,000,128 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 1.28 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.019716574 |
| Trailing Eps | -12.08 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 67.53655 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.7465515 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.011054036 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 219,011 |
| Website | https://www.westfraser.com |
| Zip | V6C 3E8 |