West Fraser Timber Balance Sheet Health
Financial Health criteria checks 6/6
West Fraser Timber has a total shareholder equity of $7.1B and total debt of $500.0M, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 7%. Its total assets and total liabilities are $9.2B and $2.1B respectively. West Fraser Timber's EBIT is $52.0M making its interest coverage ratio -1.6. It has cash and short-term investments of $997.0M.
Key information
7.0%
Debt to equity ratio
US$500.00m
Debt
| Interest coverage ratio | -1.6x |
| Cash | US$997.00m |
| Equity | US$7.12b |
| Total liabilities | US$2.13b |
| Total assets | US$9.24b |
Recent financial health updates
No updates
Recent updates
West Fraser Timber: OSB Grows Despite Tough End Markets
Aug 09West Fraser Timber: Low Valuation And Strong Balance Sheet Point To Rising Share-Price
Jan 02Weyerhaeuser And West Fraser Lead The Pack In Timber/Lumber
Oct 13West Fraser Timber: Great Company But The Timing Is Not Right
Sep 27West Fraser: Expecting Momentum To Continue Post Upcoming Q2 Earnings Report
Jul 19West Fraser Timber GAAP EPS of -$1.13 misses by $1.24, revenue of $1.62B beats by $90M
Feb 14West Fraser Timber declares $0.30 dividend
Dec 06West Fraser: A Buy At Current Valuation
Oct 24West Fraser Timber Is An Undervalued Gem
Sep 14West Fraser Timber declares $0.30 dividend
Sep 07West Fraser Timber Is Seeing Some Backstops From Commodity Slowdown
Aug 31West Fraser Earnings Preview: Strong Buy On Q2 Beat
Jul 27West Fraser Timber Has Pent-Up Demand On Material Shortages
May 17West Fraser Timber: A Valuation Refresh After An Awesome First Quarter
May 03West Fraser Timber: Buy The Dip
Mar 23West Fraser Timber: Stronger For Longer
Mar 01West Fraser Timber: That's A Bingo For $100/Share
Jan 15West Fraser Timber: Don't Rush, There Is More Money Left On The Table
Dec 19Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: WFG's short term assets ($2.2B) exceed its short term liabilities ($1.2B).
Long Term Liabilities: WFG's short term assets ($2.2B) exceed its long term liabilities ($891.0M).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: WFG has more cash than its total debt.
Reducing Debt: WFG's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 38.1% to 7% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: WFG's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (116.8%).
Interest Coverage: WFG earns more interest than it pays, so coverage of interest payments is not a concern.
Balance Sheet
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2025/02/06 07:45 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2025/02/06 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2024/09/27 |
| Annual Earnings | 2023/12/31 |
Data Sources
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. is covered by 18 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
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| Ishan Majumdar | Baptista Research |
| Ketan Mamtora | BMO Capital Markets Equity Research |
| Hamir Patel | CIBC Capital Markets |