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 invested capital

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West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was −14.2%, down 1.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−12.5%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −12.5% (fiscal 2025) to 37.4% (fiscal 2021) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Lumber & Wood Production industry median of 2.66% and below the Basic Materials sector median of 0.96%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 −12.5% (12.54)
FY2024 0.07% 2.68
FY2023 −2.61% (25.57)
FY2022 23.0% (14.41)
FY2021 37.4% 16.79
FY2020 20.6% 20.58
FY2019 0.00% 0.00
FY2018 0.00% 0.00
FY2017 0.00% 0.00
FY2016 0.00% —

Against its own ten years

Low −12.5% High 37.4%
Ten-year median 0.00%
Current reading's percentile 10

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
SSD Simpson Manufacturing Company, Inc. compare 15.9%
UFPI UFP Industries, Inc. compare 7.23%
BCC Boise Cascade, L.L.C. compare 5.31%
NWGL Nature Wood Group Limited Sponsored ADR compare 0.00%
WFG West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. −14.2%
JCTC Jewett-Cameron Trading Company compare −29.5%
Lumber & Wood Production industry median 2.66%
Basic Materials sector median 0.96%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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