Summary: West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

  • The company has a good ESG score relative to its sector, according to MSCI.

Highlights: West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

  • The earnings growth currently anticipated by analysts for the coming years is particularly strong.
  • The company is in a robust financial situation considering its net cash and margin position.
  • With regards to fundamentals, the enterprise value to sales ratio is at 1.23 for the current period. Therefore, the company is undervalued.
  • The company's share price in relation to its net book value makes it look relatively cheap.
  • Analysts have a positive opinion on this stock. Average consensus recommends overweighting or purchasing the stock.
  • The difference between current prices and the average target price is rather important and implies a significant appreciation potential for the stock.
  • The opinion of analysts covering the stock has improved over the past four months.
  • The divergence of price targets given by the various analysts who make up the consensus is relatively low, suggesting a consensus method of evaluating the company and its prospects.

Weaknesses: West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

  • The firm pays small or no dividend to shareholders. For that reason, it is not a yield company.
  • For the last twelve months, sales expectations have been significantly downgraded, which means that less important sales volumes are expected for the current fiscal year over the previous period.
  • For the last four months, the sales outlook for the coming years has been revised downwards. No recovery of the group's activities is yet foreseen.
  • For the past year, analysts have significantly revised downwards their profit estimates.
  • For the last four months, earnings estimated by analysts have been revised downwards with respect to the next two years.
  • The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been significantly revised downwards over the last four months.
  • Financial statements have repeatedly disappointed market stakeholders. Most often, they were below expectations.

Ratings Chart: West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

Source: Surperformance

ESG chart: West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

Source: MSCI

Fundamentals (Composite) Global Valuation (Composite) Financial estimates revisions (Composite) Capi.($)
6B
- 490M
Average 3.24B
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