West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TSE:WFG - Free Report) - Raymond James boosted their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for West Fraser Timber in a research note issued on Wednesday, April 23rd. Raymond James analyst D. Swetlishoff now expects that the company will earn $2.36 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $2.13. Raymond James has a "Moderate Buy" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for West Fraser Timber's current full-year earnings is $8.12 per share.
Separately, CIBC decreased their price objective on West Fraser Timber from C$170.00 to C$142.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 22nd.
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West Fraser Timber Stock Down 0.7 %
West Fraser Timber stock traded down C$0.68 during midday trading on Friday, reaching C$100.74. The company's stock had a trading volume of 54,995 shares, compared to its average volume of 153,176. 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 has a fifty-two week low of C$98.05 and a fifty-two week high of C$141.27. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of C$107.57 and a 200-day simple moving average of C$120.97. The company has a market cap of C$5.61 billion, a P/E ratio of -60.23 and a beta of 2.03.
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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.
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