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Insider Buying: Western Forest Products Inc. (TSE:WEF) Insider Buys 100,000 Shares of Stock

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Western Forest Products Inc. (TSE:WEF - Get Free Report) insider Kernwood Limited bought 100,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Monday, March 3rd. The stock was purchased at an average price of C$0.45 per share, with a total value of C$44,500.00.

Kernwood Limited also recently made the following trade(s):

  • On Wednesday, June 11th, Kernwood Limited bought 6,356,500 shares of Western Forest Products stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of C$0.39 per share, with a total value of C$2,479,035.00.
  • On Monday, June 9th, Kernwood Limited bought 32,000 shares of Western Forest Products stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of C$0.40 per share, with a total value of C$12,880.00.

Western Forest Products Stock Performance

Shares of TSE WEF remained flat at C$0.40 during trading on Friday. The company's stock had a trading volume of 222,615 shares, compared to its average volume of 375,224. The company has a market cap of C$126.70 million, a P/E ratio of -2.90, a P/E/G ratio of 0.32 and a beta of 1.81. Western Forest Products Inc. has a 52 week low of C$0.36 and a 52 week high of C$0.58. The firm has a 50 day moving average of C$0.40 and a 200-day moving average of C$0.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 19.61, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a current ratio of 3.04.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on WEF shares. Royal Bank of Canada cut their target price on Western Forest Products from C$0.70 to C$0.50 and set a "sector perform" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Raymond James dropped their price target on Western Forest Products from C$0.50 to C$0.40 and set a "market perform" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. Finally, TD Securities dropped their price target on Western Forest Products from C$0.55 to C$0.45 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, April 17th.

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About Western Forest Products

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Western Forest Products Inc is a Canada-based softwood forest products company. The company's principal business activities include timber harvesting, reforestation, forest management, sawmilling logs into lumber and wood chips, and value-added lumber remanufacturing. Its operating business segment comprised of Timber harvesting, Log sales, and Lumber manufacturing and sales.

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