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

Company Overview

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. The firm purchases and harvests logs which are then manufactured into lumber products at its sawmills, or sold. Canada and the United States, represent the company's largest markets and contribute the vast majority of its total revenue.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$17.62 to C$18.75
• 50-Day Range: C$13.23 to C$19.11
• 52-Week Range: C$10.16 to C$19.40
• Volume: 36,919 shs
• Average Volume: 43,729 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$196.38 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 6.67%
• Price Target: C$15.70
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Western Forest Products Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Western Forest Products scored higher than 26% 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: 1.4 / 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.

Downside Risk

Western Forest Products has a consensus price target of C$15.70, representing about 15.6% downside from its current price of C$18.60.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Western Forest Products has only been the subject of 2 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 -1.74, 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 -1.74, 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 0.42. 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: 0.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: -1.10

News Sentiment

Western Forest Products has a news sentiment score of -1.10. 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 0.63 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for Western Forest Products this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Western Forest Products insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought C$0.00 in company stock and sold C$202,400.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

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

Percentage Held by Institutions

14.09% of the stock of Western Forest Products is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/06/2026
• Today: 6/24/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Lumber & Wood Production
• Sub-Industry: Construction Materials
• Current Symbol: TSE:WEF
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.westernforest.com
• Phone: +1-604-6484500
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,051
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Western Forest Products: C$15.70
• High Price Target: C$18.00
• Low Price Target: C$13.50
• Potential Upside/Downside: -15.6%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C($10.72)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 3,725.96
• P/E Growth: 0.32
• Net Income: -C$43.70 million
• Net Margins: -12.23%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -22.88%
• Return on Assets: -4.24%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 15.10
• Current Ratio: 2.63
• Quick Ratio: 0.73

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$925.50 million
• Price / Sales: 0.21
• Cash Flow: C$1.83 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.18
• Book Value: C$43.87 per share
• Price / Book: 0.42

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 10,558,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$196.38 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.27