Western Forest Products (WEF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Western is an integrated forest products company building a margin-focused log and lumber business to compete successfully in global softwood markets. With operations and employees located primarily on the coast of British Columbia and Washington State, Western is a premier supplier of high-value, specialty forest products to worldwide markets. Western has a lumber capacity of 785 million board feet from five sawmills, as well as operates four remanufacturing facilities and two glulam manufacturing facilities. The Company sources timber from its long-term licences, First Nations arrangements, and market purchases. Western supplements its production through a wholesale program providing customers with a comprehensive range of specialty products.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$14.80 to C$15.66
• 50-Day Range: C$14.12 to C$19.75
• 52-Week Range: C$10.16 to C$19.95
• Volume: 26,137 shs
• Average Volume: 38,726 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$165.34 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 6.67%
• Price Target: C$17.80
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Western Forest Products Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Western Forest Products scored higher than 43% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Western Forest Products has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Western Forest Products has a consensus price target of C$17.80, representing about 13.7% upside from its current price of C$15.66.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Western Forest Products has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Western Forest Products is -1.96, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Western Forest Products is -1.96, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Western Forest Products has a PEG Ratio of 0.32. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Western Forest Products has a P/B Ratio of 0.35. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for WEF.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Western Forest Products is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 6.67%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Western Forest Products does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Western Forest Products has a news sentiment score of 0.06. 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 0.39 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Western Forest Products this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Western Forest Products insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.67% of the stock of Western Forest Products is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

14.25% of the stock of Western Forest Products is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/12/2026
• Today: 10/24/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Paper & Forest Products
• Sub-Industry: Forest Products
• Current Symbol: TSE:WEF
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.westernforest.com
• Phone: +1-604-6484500
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,627
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Western Forest Products: C$17.80
• High Price Target: C$20.00
• Low Price Target: C$16.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +13.7%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C($8.00)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 3,137.02
• P/E Growth: 0.32
• Net Income: -C$43.70 million
• Net Margins: -9.64%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -17.78%
• Return on Assets: -4.24%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 12.63
• Current Ratio: 2.44
• Quick Ratio: 0.73

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$876 million
• Price / Sales: 0.19
• Cash Flow: C$1.54 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.18
• Book Value: C$45.06 per share
• Price / Book: 0.35

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 10,558,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$165.34 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: -0.06