Basic Materials
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.(WFG)
Live Price
Offline$69.04
+3.23% today
1Y Change
-8.77%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 12, 2026
- Market Cap
- $4.52B
- Revenue Growth
- +23.5%
- EPS Growth
- -22218.1%
- Dividend Yield
- 2.2%
Coverage: 245 bars ยท Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 12, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFG) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $4.52B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $69.04 and down 8.8% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 12, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +23.5%, EPS growth of -22218.1%, a dividend yield of 2.2%. What stands out right now is revenue +23.5%, EPS -22218.1%, free cash flow -350.3% with operating margin -29.9% and ROIC -20.9%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 2.2%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.8. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a higher-growth but lower-margin setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines WFG price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+23.5% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
-29.9% vs +10.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 28, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +23.5% and EPS is at -22218.1%, with operating margin around -29.9%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 2.2%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -5.9% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 0 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 28, 2026 | โ | -1.3% | -6.6% | +4.0% |
2026 Feb 11, 2026 | -2.0% | -1.8% | -4.0% | -15.1% |
2025 Oct 22, 2025 | -52.9% | -1.8% | -7.3% | -11.8% |
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
Compare this ticker against a broad index, growth benchmark, or sector ETF using a shared 1Y normalization window.
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Normalized return
SPY
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Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
WFG Max Drawdown
-25.72%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for WFG and SPY.
Company Overview
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.
New York Stock Exchange
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 and southern yellow pine lumber, treated wood products, medium density fiberboard panels and plywood, oriented strand board, and laminated veneer lumber wood products. The company also provides northern bleached softwood Kraft pulp and bleached chemical thermo-mechanical pulp used to produce various paper products, including printing and writing papers, specialty grades, and various tissue products. It sells its products to major retail chains, contractor supply yards, and wholesalers, as well as industrial customers for further processing or as components for other products in Canada, the United States, China, Europe, Asia, and other countries. West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. was founded in 1955 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.
- Leadership
- Sean McLaren
- IPO Date
- Feb 13, 2009
- Employees
- 9.7k
- Street Address
- 858 Beatty Street
- Mailing
- Vancouver, BC, V6B 1C1
- Region
- Vancouver, BC, CA
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 604-895-2700
- Last Updated
- May 6, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- โ
- EV/EBITDA
- โ
- Price/Sales
- 0.8
- Price/Book
- 0.8
Growth
- Revenue
- +23.5%
- EPS
- -22218.1%
- Free Cash Flow
- -350.3%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 10.0%
- Operating Margin
- -29.9%
- Net Margin
- -25.1%
- ROE
- -23.1%
- ROIC
- -20.9%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.09
- Current Ratio
- 1.84
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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