West Fraser Timber (WFG) Competitors $69.75 +0.44 (+0.63%) Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$69.78 +0.03 (+0.04%) As of 08/1/2025 04:47 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock WFG vs. LPX, CX, JHX, EXP, FBIN, ACA, SKY, TGLS, CXT, and USLMShould you be buying West Fraser Timber stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of West Fraser Timber include Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), Cemex (CX), James Hardie Industries (JHX), Eagle Materials (EXP), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), Arcosa (ACA), Champion Homes (SKY), Tecnoglass (TGLS), Crane NXT (CXT), and United States Lime & Minerals (USLM). West Fraser Timber vs. Its Competitors Louisiana-Pacific Cemex James Hardie Industries Eagle Materials Fortune Brands Innovations Arcosa Champion Homes Tecnoglass Crane NXT United States Lime & Minerals Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE:LPX) and West Fraser Timber (NYSE:WFG) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk. Do analysts recommend LPX or WFG? Louisiana-Pacific presently has a consensus target price of $106.13, indicating a potential upside of 17.42%. West Fraser Timber has a consensus target price of $100.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.37%. Given West Fraser Timber's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe West Fraser Timber is more favorable than Louisiana-Pacific.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Louisiana-Pacific 2 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.25West Fraser Timber 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.80 Is LPX or WFG a better dividend stock? Louisiana-Pacific pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. West Fraser Timber pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Louisiana-Pacific pays out 19.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. West Fraser Timber pays out -73.1% 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. Louisiana-Pacific has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years and West Fraser Timber has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. West Fraser Timber is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Which has more volatility & risk, LPX or WFG? Louisiana-Pacific has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, West Fraser Timber has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in LPX or WFG? 94.7% of Louisiana-Pacific shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.2% of West Fraser Timber shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Louisiana-Pacific shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of West Fraser Timber shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Is LPX or WFG more profitable? Louisiana-Pacific has a net margin of 13.74% compared to West Fraser Timber's net margin of -2.18%. Louisiana-Pacific's return on equity of 23.75% beat West Fraser Timber's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Louisiana-Pacific13.74% 23.75% 15.50% West Fraser Timber -2.18%-0.85%-0.66% Does the media refer more to LPX or WFG? In the previous week, West Fraser Timber had 11 more articles in the media than Louisiana-Pacific. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for West Fraser Timber and 10 mentions for Louisiana-Pacific. Louisiana-Pacific's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat West Fraser Timber's score of 0.74 indicating that Louisiana-Pacific is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Louisiana-Pacific 5 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive West Fraser Timber 8 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has better earnings and valuation, LPX or WFG? Louisiana-Pacific has higher earnings, but lower revenue than West Fraser Timber. West Fraser Timber is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Louisiana-Pacific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioLouisiana-Pacific$2.94B2.14$420M$5.7015.86West Fraser Timber$6.17B0.87-$5M-$1.75-39.86 SummaryLouisiana-Pacific beats West Fraser Timber on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get West Fraser Timber News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for WFG and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WFG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart WFG vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricWest Fraser TimberBLDG PRD IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$5.32B$9.74B$9.06B$20.63BDividend Yield1.85%2.26%2.03%3.67%P/E Ratio-39.8628.8415.1829.01Price / Sales0.872.00108.0966.10Price / Cash8.3413.5115.0822.82Price / Book0.782.495.134.43Net Income-$5M$297.37M$620.50M$993.74M7 Day Performance-3.29%-4.42%-2.87%-3.39%1 Month Performance-9.63%-3.31%-0.86%-2.10%1 Year Performance-19.41%-15.11%103.51%10.09% West Fraser Timber Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)WFGWest Fraser Timber3.5145 of 5 stars$69.75+0.6%$100.00+43.4%-19.3%$5.32B$6.17B-39.869,700News CoverageShort Interest ↑Analyst RevisionLPXLouisiana-Pacific3.9112 of 5 stars$89.28-0.6%$106.13+18.9%-6.6%$6.21B$2.94B15.664,300News CoverageUpcoming EarningsCXCemex3.2743 of 5 stars$8.40-0.1%$7.74-7.8%+34.1%$12.17B$15.68B8.2445,649Analyst ForecastJHXJames Hardie Industries4.2554 of 5 stars$26.99+0.2%$37.34+38.3%-24.6%$11.60B$3.88B27.545,860EXPEagle Materials4.1235 of 5 stars$221.67-2.0%$254.44+14.8%-15.9%$7.23B$2.26B16.112,500News CoveragePositive NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastHigh Trading VolumeFBINFortune Brands Innovations4.1272 of 5 stars$56.50flat$77.27+36.8%-29.4%$6.79B$4.61B16.5711,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastGap UpACAArcosa3.8642 of 5 stars$88.74-2.6%$104.00+17.2%-8.1%$4.33B$2.60B55.816,250News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming EarningsGap DownSKYChampion Homes1.3029 of 5 stars$65.13+0.1%$80.60+23.8%-17.5%$3.73B$2.48B19.049,000Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsTGLSTecnoglass2.8873 of 5 stars$76.83-0.5%$83.00+8.0%+45.2%$3.61B$919.84M24.016,910News CoveragePositive NewsCXTCrane NXT3.6441 of 5 stars$59.59+0.2%$73.75+23.8%-5.6%$3.42B$1.49B20.484,500Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsUSLMUnited States Lime & Minerals0.6873 of 5 stars$108.57+1.0%N/A+16.6%$3.11B$337.29M25.85340News CoverageEarnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst DowngradeShort Interest ↑ Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Louisiana-Pacific Competitors Cemex Competitors James Hardie Industries Competitors Eagle Materials Competitors Fortune Brands Innovations Competitors Arcosa Competitors Champion Homes Competitors Tecnoglass Competitors Crane NXT Competitors United States Lime & Minerals Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:WFG) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersChina just unlocked Nvidia’s AI chips—what that means for youTired of Missing Big AI Moves Like Nvidia? 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