FY2025 EPS Estimate for West Fraser Timber Raised by Analyst

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 post earnings of $2.36 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $2.13. Raymond James currently 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 reduced their price target on West Fraser Timber from C$170.00 to C$142.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd.

West Fraser Timber Stock Performance

Shares of West Fraser Timber stock traded up C$1.48 on Friday, reaching C$103.43. 116,766 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 154,845. The business has a 50 day moving average price of C$107.82 and a two-hundred day moving average price of C$121.19. The company has a quick ratio of 2.10, a current ratio of 1.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.39. The firm has a market capitalization of C$5.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -61.84 and a beta of 2.03. West Fraser Timber has a twelve month low of C$98.05 and a twelve month high of C$141.27.

About West Fraser Timber

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.