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West Fraser Timber (WFG) Competitors

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$75.70 +1.22 (+1.64%)
Closing price 07/8/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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WFG vs. LPX, JHX, CX, EXP, FBIN, ACA, SKY, TGLS, CXT, and USLM

Should you be buying West Fraser Timber stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of West Fraser Timber include Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), James Hardie Industries (JHX), Cemex (CX), 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 (NYSE:LPX) and West Fraser Timber (NYSE:WFG) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.

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 1.7%. Louisiana-Pacific pays out 19.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. West Fraser Timber pays out -752.9% 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. 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.

Louisiana-Pacific has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, West Fraser Timber has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Louisiana-Pacific has a net margin of 13.74% compared to West Fraser Timber's net margin of 0.03%. 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 0.03%0.99%0.78%

Louisiana-Pacific currently has a consensus target price of $106.63, indicating a potential upside of 18.52%. West Fraser Timber has a consensus target price of $100.40, indicating a potential upside of 32.63%. Given West Fraser Timber's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)
2.25
West Fraser Timber
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Louisiana-Pacific had 9 more articles in the media than West Fraser Timber. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Louisiana-Pacific and 4 mentions for West Fraser Timber. West Fraser Timber's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Louisiana-Pacific's score of 0.60 indicating that West Fraser Timber is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Louisiana-Pacific
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
West Fraser Timber
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 Ratio
Louisiana-Pacific$2.94B2.13$420M$5.7015.78
West Fraser Timber$6.17B0.94-$5M-$0.17-445.29

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Louisiana-Pacific beats West Fraser Timber on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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WFG vs. The Competition

MetricWest Fraser TimberBLDG PRD IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.73B$9.76B$9.34B$20.52B
Dividend Yield1.72%2.26%2.05%3.78%
P/E Ratio-445.2925.9216.4127.79
Price / Sales0.941.96116.7440.41
Price / Cash8.9613.4814.8722.26
Price / Book0.852.474.594.58
Net Income-$5M$297.37M$620.21M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-1.92%-1.37%-0.76%0.41%
1 Month Performance-0.17%1.27%2.73%3.59%
1 Year Performance1.22%-5.36%104.51%14.47%

West Fraser Timber Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WFG
West Fraser Timber
3.7416 of 5 stars
$75.70
+1.6%
$100.40
+32.6%
+1.4%$5.73B$6.17B-445.299,700
LPX
Louisiana-Pacific
4.0083 of 5 stars
$89.46
-2.5%
$106.63
+19.2%
+11.3%$6.23B$2.94B15.694,300
JHX
James Hardie Industries
2.3643 of 5 stars
$27.86
-3.2%
$39.12
+40.4%
-11.6%$11.98B$3.88B28.435,860High Trading Volume
CX
Cemex
1.8128 of 5 stars
$7.14
-1.2%
$7.58
+6.1%
+14.7%$10.35B$16.20B7.4445,649
EXP
Eagle Materials
4.6113 of 5 stars
$211.99
-1.0%
$254.44
+20.0%
+0.9%$6.92B$2.26B15.412,500Positive News
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FBIN
Fortune Brands Innovations
4.4668 of 5 stars
$52.48
-1.8%
$77.17
+47.0%
-17.6%$6.31B$4.61B15.3911,000News Coverage
ACA
Arcosa
4.0562 of 5 stars
$89.29
-0.8%
$104.00
+16.5%
+10.5%$4.36B$2.57B56.166,250Positive News
SKY
Champion Homes
1.3211 of 5 stars
$65.20
-2.6%
$80.60
+23.6%
-3.3%$3.73B$2.48B19.069,000Positive News
TGLS
Tecnoglass
2.6371 of 5 stars
$76.67
-1.8%
$83.00
+8.3%
+45.4%$3.60B$919.84M23.966,910
CXT
Crane NXT
3.7318 of 5 stars
$55.39
-2.0%
$73.75
+33.1%
+0.0%$3.18B$1.49B19.034,500News Coverage
USLM
United States Lime & Minerals
1.4718 of 5 stars
$101.94
-2.7%
N/A+42.9%$2.92B$317.72M24.27340News Coverage
Positive News

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