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West Fraser Timber

US · WFG #2096 by market cap Listed 1970
63.39 +0.09 +0.14%
Live - 5344 symbols - heartbeat 369s ago · 2026-10-08 08:27
Pre-market 63.53 +0.22%
After-hours 63.71 +0.50%
Market cap
4.96B
P/B
0.89
EPS
-12.08
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✦ Quant Financial Health how this is computed

Fair
  • Altman Z-Score is 2.98, in the 1.8-3.0 "grey zone".
  • Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.

Revenue annual, last 8 years

Latest year -11.53% YoY

Margins

Gross margin
23.40%
Operating margin
-8.70%
Net margin
-17.15%

Key ratios & quality

Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.

Income statement

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Revenue 4.49B3.73B4.37B10.52B9.70B6.45B6.17B5.46B
Gross profit 1.84B937.78M1.81B5.87B4.56B1.77B1.84B1.28B
Selling & admin expenses 712.17M711.95M723.00M1.20B1.33B1.23B1.11B1.03B
Research & development ----------------
Operating profit 787.06M-96.46M831.00M3.95B2.62B-6.00M109.00M-475.00M
Pretax profit 787.06M-167.65M790.00M3.90B2.59B-228.00M38.00M-1.17B
Tax 192.36M-52.82M202.00M951.00M618.00M-61.00M43.00M-233.00M
Net profit 594.70M-114.83M588.00M2.95B1.98B-167.00M-5.00M-937.00M
Basic EPS 8-292721-20-12
Diluted EPS 7.80-1.798.5627.0320.86-2.01-0.07-12.08

Balance sheet

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total current assets 987.50M883.00M1.34B3.22B2.75B2.38B1.84B1.39B
Cash & ST investments 117.47M12.00M461.00M1.57B1.16B900.00M641.00M202.00M
Inventory 580.75M561.00M578.00M1.06B1.03B851.00M844.00M828.00M
Total assets 3.52B3.59B4.18B10.43B9.97B9.42B8.76B7.62B
Total current liabilities 436.85M644.00M528.00M1.21B792.00M1.05B934.00M651.00M
Short-term debt 44.79M295.00M9.00M11.00M11.00M313.00M210.00M9.00M
Long-term debt 508.07M500.00M500.00M499.00M499.00M199.00M--300.00M
Total liabilities 1,391,305,624.691,689,000,000.001,700,000,000.002,777,000,000.002,354,000,000.002,192,000,000.001,806,000,000.001,771,000,000.00
Total equity 2.13B1.91B2.48B7.66B7.62B7.22B6.95B5.85B
Retained earnings 1.64B1.70B2.24B4.50B5.28B4.91B4.73B3.63B

Cash flow

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Operating cash flow 667.39M88.04M968.00M3.55B2.21B525.00M661.00M96.00M
Depreciation & amortization 188.69M198.27M203.00M584.00M589.00M540.00M550.00M544.00M
Free cash flow 395.73M-225.83M788.00M2.92B1.73B48.00M174.00M-315.00M
Dividends paid -27.17M-42.10M-41.00M-75.00M-99.00M-100.00M-101.00M-101.00M
Stock buybacks / issuance -495.58M-62.01M0-1.31B-1.99B-129.00M-139.00M-129.00M
Ending cash balance 107.93M0461.00M1.57B1.16B900.00M641.00M202.00M

Returns & efficiency

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
ROE % 27.70-5.7127.8658.1825.86-2.25-0.07-14.64
ROA % 16.73-3.2415.7140.3619.36-1.72-0.06-11.44
ROIC % 22.59-3.4921.9853.3724.17-2.56-0.43-14.08
5-year avg ROE % 16.9113.2717.7326.3426.5720.5821.7113.41
EBIT margin % 18.08-3.5918.5537.5226.98-3.161.04-21.09
FCF / sales % 8.81--18.0227.7317.830.742.82--
Current ratio 2.261.372.532.673.472.261.972.13
Quick ratio 0.910.491.411.762.091.241.020.81
Debt / assets 15.7222.1212.185.065.375.712.614.37
LT debt / equity 23.9026.2520.186.756.893.120.275.54
Interest coverage 32.53-3.9825.2382.21109.04-8.502.46-60.63
Revenue CAGR (3Y) % 14.994.092.3232.7937.4813.85-16.27-17.43
Net income CAGR (3Y) % 99.46--7.4570.49--------
FCF CAGR (3Y) % 89.26--20.5294.62---60.65-60.93--

✦ Quant Revenue Concentration how this is computed

Lead segment, long tail
  • Lumber is the largest reported line at 50.84% of revenue, across 5 reported segments.
  • North America Engineered Wood Products (NA EWP) follows at 34.94%, so the top line still matters most but isn’t the whole story.

Revenue breakdown most recent period

Business

Lumber50.84%
North America Engineered Wood Products (NA EWP)34.94%
Europe Engineered Wood Products (EWP)10.11%
Other operating segments4.88%

Quote time 2026-10-08 08:27:46 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.