Western Forest Products Inc.

TSX:WEF Stock Report

Market Cap: CA$133.2m

Western Forest Products Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

TSX:WEF Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
10 Sep 25BuyCA$2,085,227Edward KernaghanIndividual170,600CA$12.28
09 Sep 25BuyCA$617,327Edward KernaghanIndividual50,500CA$12.26
04 Sep 25BuyCA$61,274Edward KernaghanIndividual5,000CA$12.30
03 Sep 25BuyCA$49,196Edward KernaghanIndividual4,000CA$12.30
21 Aug 25BuyCA$177,051Edward KernaghanIndividual14,400CA$12.33
18 Aug 25BuyCA$62,463Edward KernaghanIndividual5,100CA$12.25
12 Aug 25BuyCA$118,703Edward KernaghanIndividual10,200CA$11.88
04 Jul 25BuyCA$4,208Edward KernaghanIndividual350CA$12.04
25 Jun 25BuyCA$409,255Edward KernaghanIndividual35,433.3CA$11.55
11 Jun 25BuyCA$2,479,036Edward KernaghanIndividual211,883.12CA$11.70
09 Jun 25BuyCA$404,921Edward KernaghanIndividual33,333.3CA$12.15
09 Jun 25BuyCA$12,880Edward KernaghanIndividual1,066.67CA$12.08
09 Jun 25BuyCA$2,943,484Edward KernaghanIndividual240,549.76CA$13.02
06 Jun 25BuyCA$222,750Edward KernaghanIndividual18,333.32CA$12.15
02 May 25BuyCA$229,675Edward KernaghanIndividual20,183.31CA$11.40
29 Apr 25BuyCA$32,687Edward KernaghanIndividual2,916.66CA$11.25
01 Apr 25BuyCA$133,140Edward KernaghanIndividual10,566.66CA$12.60
28 Mar 25BuyCA$40,635Edward KernaghanIndividual3,150CA$12.90
26 Mar 25BuyCA$273,484Edward KernaghanIndividual20,499.98CA$13.46
12 Mar 25BuyCA$323,544Edward KernaghanIndividual25,933.31CA$12.60
07 Mar 25BuyCA$693,131Edward KernaghanIndividual54,099.95CA$13.34
05 Mar 25BuyCA$969,993Edward KernaghanIndividual73,099.93CA$13.71
28 Feb 25BuyCA$283,121Edward KernaghanIndividual20,833.31CA$13.73
26 Feb 25BuyCA$26,295Darren John GwozdIndividual1,950CA$13.50
25 Feb 25BuyCA$22,803Darren John GwozdIndividual1,716.66CA$13.35
21 Feb 25BuyCA$11,900Laura CillisIndividual833.33CA$14.28
14 Feb 25BuyCA$398,840Edward KernaghanIndividual30,099.97CA$13.35

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: WEF insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of WEF?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Individual Insiders1,674,78715.9%
Institutions3,629,46234.4%
General Public5,253,93449.8%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 50.23% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
15%
Edward Kernaghan
1,587,100CA$20.0m2.3%no data
15%
Letko, Brosseau & Associates Inc.
1,580,099CA$19.9m0%0.23%
11.5%
FMR LLC
1,214,190CA$15.3m0%no data
3.39%
Pictet Asset Management Limited
357,893CA$4.5m0%no data
1.56%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
164,900CA$2.1m1.37%no data
0.94%
Fiera Capital Corporation
99,441CA$1.3m0%no data
0.59%
American Century Investment Management Inc
62,389CA$787.4k-1.89%no data
0.43%
Antea VermÖGensverwaltung GmbH
45,098CA$569.1k0%0.13%
0.33%
Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.
35,365CA$446.3k0%0.01%
0.23%
Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V.
24,754CA$312.4k0%no data
0.21%
J. Hofer
21,822CA$275.4k0%no data
0.18%
PEH Wertpapier AG
19,166CA$241.9k0%0.01%
0.16%
Laura Cillis
16,667CA$210.3k0%no data
0.16%
CIBC Asset Management Inc.
16,398CA$206.9k0%no data
0.12%
Stephen Williams
12,333CA$155.6k0%no data
0.089%
Daniel Nocente
9,392CA$118.5k0%no data
0.081%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
8,499CA$107.3k0%no data
0.064%
Glen Nontell
6,785CA$85.6k0%no data
0.039%
Jennifer Foster
4,133CA$52.2k0%no data
0.038%
Noordin Nanji
4,000CA$50.5k0%no data
0.036%
Randy Krotowski
3,787CA$47.8k0%no data
0.035%
Darren John Gwozd
3,667CA$46.3k0%no data
0.027%
Peter Wijnbergen
2,847CA$35.9k0%no data
0.015%
Bruce Alexander
1,587CA$20.0k0%no data
0.0093%
Hotchkis and Wiley Capital Management, LLC
983CA$12.4k38.7%no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/09/12 21:31
End of Day Share Price 2025/09/12 00:00
Earnings2025/06/30
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Western Forest Products Inc. is covered by 8 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Mark KennedyCIBC Capital Markets
Stephen AtkinsonEight Capital
Daryl SwetlishoffRaymond James Ltd.