Boise Cascade (BCC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Boise Cascade is a wood products manufacturer and wholesale distributor of building materials. Its Wood Products segment makes engineered wood products, plywood, lumber and particleboard for residential and other construction markets.

Through its Building Materials Distribution segment, the company supplies lumber, panels, engineered wood products and other construction materials to dealers and builders. Its distribution network serves customers across the United States.

Founded in 1957 and headquartered in Boise, Idaho, Boise Cascade has grown from a regional forest products business into a company spanning manufacturing and building materials distribution.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $69.70 to $71.59
• 50-Day Range: $70.22 to $79.27
• 52-Week Range: $65.00 to $91.97
• Volume: 313,591 shs
• Average Volume: 406,335 shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.45 billion
• P/E Ratio: 20.66
• Dividend Yield: 1.31%
• Price Target: $88.17
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

Boise Cascade Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Boise Cascade scored higher than 96% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 98th out of 647 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

Boise Cascade has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.88, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and 3 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Boise Cascade has a consensus price target of $88.17, representing about 25.2% upside from its current price of $70.45.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Boise Cascade has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 16.88%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Boise Cascade are expected to grow by 16.88% in the coming year, from $3.20 to $3.74 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Boise Cascade is 20.66, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.17.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Boise Cascade is 20.66, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 31.58.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Boise Cascade has a PEG Ratio of 2.14. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Boise Cascade has a P/B Ratio of 1.19. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.21% of the float of Boise Cascade has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Boise Cascade has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.31.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Boise Cascade has recently decreased by 13.21%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Boise Cascade pays a meaningful dividend of 1.27%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Boise Cascade has been increasing its dividend for 6 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Boise Cascade is 26.98%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Boise Cascade will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.60% next year. This indicates that Boise Cascade will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.11

News Sentiment

Boise Cascade has a news sentiment score of -0.11. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.46 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 12 news articles for Boise Cascade this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for BCC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -60% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Boise Cascade insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $99,250.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.42% of the stock of Boise Cascade is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

96.18% of the stock of Boise Cascade is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 9/16 Dividend: 9/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/16 Dividend: 9/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/16/2026
• Last Earnings: 11/02/2026
• Today: 11/10/2026
• Record date for 12/16 Dividend: 12/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 12/16 Dividend: 12/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 12/16/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Trading Companies & Distributors
• Sub-Industry: Trading Companies & Distributors
• Current Symbol: NYSE:BCC
• CIK: 1328581
• Web: www.bc.com
• Phone: (208) 384-6161
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 7,660
• Year Founded: 1957

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Boise Cascade: $88.17
• High Price Target: $99.00
• Low Price Target: $80.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +25.2%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.88
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.41
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 20.66
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.84
• P/E Growth: 2.14
• Net Income: $132.84 million
• Net Margins: 1.83%
• Pretax Margin: 2.55%
• Return on Equity: 6.18%
• Return on Assets: 3.78%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.24
• Current Ratio: 2.82
• Quick Ratio: 1.38

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $6.40 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.38
• Cash Flow: $7.88 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.94
• Book Value: $58.98 per share
• Price / Book: 1.19

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 34,800,000
• Free Float: 34,309,000
• Market Cap: $2.45 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.08