Q2 EPS Estimate for West Fraser Timber Decreased by Analyst

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TSE:WFG - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Scotiabank lowered their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of West Fraser Timber in a report issued on Monday, July 21st. Scotiabank analyst B. Isaacson now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $1.30 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.48. The consensus estimate for West Fraser Timber's current full-year earnings is $8.12 per share.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. CIBC lowered their price objective on shares of West Fraser Timber from C$170.00 to C$142.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company 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.

West Fraser Timber Trading Up 0.9%

TSE:WFG traded up C$0.89 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting C$97.71. 65,931 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 176,426. The stock has a market capitalization of C$5.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -58.42 and a beta of 2.03. West Fraser Timber has a 52 week low of C$96.52 and a 52 week high of C$141.27. The firm's 50 day moving average is C$102.18 and its two-hundred day moving average is C$108.98. 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 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.