WFG vs. BCC, LPX, CX, JHX, EXP, FBIN, ACA, SKY, USLM, and CXT
Should you be buying West Fraser Timber stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of West Fraser Timber include Boise Cascade (BCC), Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), Cemex (CX), James Hardie Industries (JHX), Eagle Materials (EXP), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), Arcosa (ACA), Champion Homes (SKY), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), and Crane NXT (CXT).
West Fraser Timber vs. Its Competitors
West Fraser Timber (NYSE:WFG) and Boise Cascade (NYSE:BCC) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and profitability.
West Fraser Timber has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boise Cascade has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
West Fraser Timber currently has a consensus target price of $100.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.46%. Boise Cascade has a consensus target price of $112.83, suggesting a potential upside of 31.62%. Given West Fraser Timber's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe West Fraser Timber is more favorable than Boise Cascade.
Boise Cascade has a net margin of 4.00% compared to West Fraser Timber's net margin of -2.18%. Boise Cascade's return on equity of 12.26% beat West Fraser Timber's return on equity.
West Fraser Timber pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Boise Cascade pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. West Fraser Timber pays out -73.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Boise Cascade pays out 12.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. West Fraser Timber has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Boise Cascade has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. West Fraser Timber is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
40.2% of West Fraser Timber shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Boise Cascade shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of West Fraser Timber shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Boise Cascade shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Boise Cascade has higher revenue and earnings than West Fraser Timber. West Fraser Timber is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boise Cascade, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, West Fraser Timber had 7 more articles in the media than Boise Cascade. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for West Fraser Timber and 3 mentions for Boise Cascade. Boise Cascade's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat West Fraser Timber's score of 1.04 indicating that Boise Cascade is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Boise Cascade beats West Fraser Timber on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WFG) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff