West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

WFG Basic Materials Lumber & Wood Production

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $5.5 billion, down 11.5% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+4.28%
EPS
+60.6%
Free cash flow
+157.6%
Total debt
+66.7%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

69.13 0.61 −0.87%
Market cap
$5.4B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−12.9×
Dividend yield
1.85%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
2.62
Beneish M
−2.74
Dividend safety
12/100

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFG) Return on equity

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West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was −17.9%, down 3.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−14.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −14.6% (fiscal 2025) to 58.2% (fiscal 2021) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Lumber & Wood Production industry median of 0.00% and below the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 −14.6% (14.57)
FY2024 −0.07% 2.18
FY2023 −2.25% (28.11)
FY2022 25.9% (32.30)
FY2021 58.2% 31.32
FY2020 26.8% 32.56
FY2019 −5.72% (33.36)
FY2018 27.6% 2.81
FY2017 24.8% 12.26
FY2016 12.6% —

Against its own ten years

Low −14.6% High 58.2%
Ten-year median 18.7%
Current reading's percentile 10

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
BCC Boise Cascade, L.L.C. compare 5.73%
NWGL Nature Wood Group Limited Sponsored ADR compare 0.00%
SSD Simpson Manufacturing Company, Inc. compare 0.00%
UFPI UFP Industries, Inc. compare 0.00%
WFG West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. −17.9%
JCTC Jewett-Cameron Trading Company compare −43.7%
Lumber & Wood Production industry median 0.00%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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