Western Forest Products Inc.

TSX:WEF Stock Report

Market Cap: CA$126.7m

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
04 Jul 25BuyCA$4,208Edward KernaghanIndividual10,500CA$0.40
25 Jun 25BuyCA$409,255Edward KernaghanIndividual1,063,000CA$0.39
11 Jun 25BuyCA$2,479,036Edward KernaghanIndividual6,356,500CA$0.39
09 Jun 25BuyCA$404,921Edward KernaghanIndividual1,000,000CA$0.41
09 Jun 25BuyCA$2,943,485Edward KernaghanIndividual7,216,500CA$0.43
09 Jun 25BuyCA$12,880Edward KernaghanIndividual32,000CA$0.40
06 Jun 25BuyCA$222,750Edward KernaghanIndividual550,000CA$0.41
02 May 25BuyCA$229,675Edward KernaghanIndividual605,500CA$0.38
29 Apr 25BuyCA$32,687Edward KernaghanIndividual87,500CA$0.38
01 Apr 25BuyCA$133,140Edward KernaghanIndividual317,000CA$0.42
28 Mar 25BuyCA$40,635Edward KernaghanIndividual94,500CA$0.43
26 Mar 25BuyCA$273,484Edward KernaghanIndividual615,000CA$0.45
12 Mar 25BuyCA$323,544Edward KernaghanIndividual778,000CA$0.42
07 Mar 25BuyCA$693,131Edward KernaghanIndividual1,623,000CA$0.44
05 Mar 25BuyCA$969,993Edward KernaghanIndividual2,193,000CA$0.46
28 Feb 25BuyCA$283,121Edward KernaghanIndividual625,000CA$0.46
26 Feb 25BuyCA$26,295Darren John GwozdIndividual58,500CA$0.45
25 Feb 25BuyCA$22,803Darren John GwozdIndividual51,500CA$0.45
21 Feb 25BuyCA$11,900Laura CillisIndividual25,000CA$0.48
14 Feb 25BuyCA$398,840Edward KernaghanIndividual903,000CA$0.45
16 Aug 24BuyCA$4,600Fiona MacfarlaneIndividual10,000CA$0.46

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 Insiders49,172,07915.5%
Institutions109,523,94834.6%
General Public158,049,53049.9%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 50.09% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
15%
Letko, Brosseau & Associates Inc.
47,403,025CA$19.0m0%0.25%
14.7%
Edward Kernaghan
46,541,500CA$18.6m27.1%no data
11.5%
FMR LLC
36,425,739CA$14.6m0%no data
3.53%
Pictet Asset Management Limited
11,192,189CA$4.5m0%no data
1.6%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
5,073,318CA$2.0m-1.42%no data
0.94%
Fiera Capital Corporation
2,983,257CA$1.2m0%no data
0.61%
American Century Investment Management Inc
1,917,229CA$766.9k-0.93%no data
0.43%
Antea VermÖGensverwaltung GmbH
1,353,000CA$541.2k0%0.13%
0.33%
Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.
1,061,000CA$424.4k-8.61%0.01%
0.23%
Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V.
742,655CA$297.1k0%no data
0.21%
J. Hofer
654,650CA$261.9k0%no data
0.18%
PEH Wertpapier AG
575,000CA$230.0k0%0.01%
0.16%
Laura Cillis
500,000CA$200.0k5.26%no data
0.16%
CIBC Asset Management Inc.
491,972CA$196.8k0%no data
0.12%
Stephen Williams
370,000CA$148.0k0%no data
0.089%
Daniel Nocente
281,762CA$112.7k0%no data
0.087%
Principal Global Investors, LLC
275,639CA$110.3k0%no data
0.064%
Glen Nontell
203,547CA$81.4k0%no data
0.039%
Jennifer Foster
124,000CA$49.6k0%no data
0.038%
Noordin Nanji
120,000CA$48.0k0%no data
0.036%
Randy Krotowski
113,600CA$45.4k0%no data
0.035%
Darren John Gwozd
110,000CA$44.0k0%no data
0.027%
Peter Wijnbergen
85,400CA$34.2k0%no data
0.015%
Bruce Alexander
47,620CA$19.0k0%no data
0.0067%
Hotchkis and Wiley Capital Management, LLC
21,300CA$8.5k0%no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/07/07 06:11
End of Day Share Price 2025/07/07 00:00
Earnings2025/03/31
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.