West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

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ISIN

CA9528451052

CUSIP

952845105

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S&P500

-7.22

12.11

-6.47

52.58

169.66

103.52

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	2012 Y	2013 Y	2014 Y	2015 Y	2016 Y	2017 Y	2018 Y	2019 Y	2020 Y	2021 Y	2022 Y	2023 Y	2024 Y	TTM
Revenue per Share	35.18	38.07	39.2	35.55	41.26	52.28	60.33	54.2	63.68	96.48	103.47	77.57	76.36	74.69
Basic EPS, GAAP	0.9	3.82	2.63	0.9	3.02	6.07	7.99	-1.67	8.56	27.03	21.06	-2.01	-0.06	0.02
Free Cash Flow per Basic Share	0.53	0.89	0.66	0.7	3.86	5.76	5.32	-3.28	11.47	26.76	18.45	0.58	2.15	1.95
Dividend per Share	0.28	0.26	0.24	0.2	0.2	0.29	0.36	0.61	0.6	0.69	1.06	1.2	1.25	1.27
Book Value per Share	17.6	21.22	20.07	17.2	19.39	26.66	26.88	31.6	39.58	72.51	84.8	90.39	89.97	90.09
Tangible Book Value per Share	7.81	12.46	11.68	10.47	12.23	14.89	15.94	13.52	22.06	44.47	52.37	54.56	54.6	54.93
Basic Weighted Avg Shares	86	86	85	83	80	78	74	69	69	109	94	83	81	80
Sales/Revenue/Turnover	3,016	3,263	3,322	2,955	3,311	4,083	4,492	3,734	4,373	10,518	9,701	6,454	6,174	6,006
Operating Margin (%)	4.1	10.62	10.53	6.07	10.83	16.95	17.52	-2.58	19	37.51	27	-0.09	1.77	1.93
Depreciation Expense	153	150	146	138	147	167	189	198	203	584	589	540	550	546
Net Income, GAAP	77	328	223	75	243	474	595	-115	588	2,947	1,975	-167	-5	2
Effective Tax Rate (%)	24.51	- -	30.93	33.33	26.58	29.55	24.44	- -	25.57	24.4	23.83	- -	113.16	94.55
Profit Margin (%)	2.57	10.05	6.72	2.54	7.33	11.61	13.24	-3.08	13.45	28.02	20.36	-2.59	-0.08	0.03
Working Capital	440	186	251	263	356	563	551	239	808	2,011	1,957	1,327	903	1,003
LT Debt	302	8	305	305	307	506	508	500	500	517	525	225	19	24
Total Equity	1,500	1,829	1,748	1,547	1,667	2,168	2,126	1,905	2,478	7,656	7,619	7,223	6,954	6,939
Return on Invested Capital (%)	5.23	- -	11.16	5.77	13.26	20.51	21.71	- -	21.22	51.24	23.88	- -	-0.19	0.08
Return on Capital (%)	5.19	- -	11.22	4.37	13.73	21.93	23.86	- -	19.74	51.17	23.56	- -	-0.11	0.04
Return on Common Equity (%)	5.22	19.7	12.68	4.79	16.25	26.06	29.13	-5.5	24.02	55.48	24.91	-2.16	-0.07	0.03

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(avg. rate of change)	10 years	5 years	1 year
Sales/Revenue/Turnover	12.95%	22.41%	-4.34%
Net Income, GAAP	-29.05%	-89.86%	-97.01%
Free Cash Flow	25.66%	-10.83%	262.5%
Total Cash Common Dividend	20.63%	22.86%	1%
Total Equity	24.36%	45.93%	-3.72%

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Company Description

CEO: Mr. Sean P. McLaren
Full Time Employees: 9,700
Sector: Basic Materials
Industry: Paper, Lumber & Forest Products
Address: 858 Beatty Street Vancouver BC Canada V6B 1C1
IPO Date: May 7, 1986
Website: westfraser.com
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Business: West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., a diversified wood products company, engages in manufacturing, selling, marketing, and distributing lumber, engineered wood products, pulp, newsprint, wood chips, and other residuals and renewable energy. It offers spruce-pine-fir and southern yellow pine lumber, treated wood products, medium density fiberboard panels and plywood, oriented strand board, and laminated veneer lumber wood products. The company also provides northern bleached softwood Kraft pulp and bleached chemical thermo-mechanical pulp used to produce various paper products, including printing and writing papers, specialty grades, and various tissue products. It sells its products to major retail chains, contractor supply yards, and wholesalers, as well as industrial customers for further processing or as components for other products in Canada, the United States, China, Europe, Asia, and other countries. West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. was founded in 1955 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

	2012 Y	2013 Y	2014 Y	2015 Y	2016 Y	2017 Y	2018 Y	2019 Y	2020 Y	2021 Y	2022 Y	2023 Y	2024 Y	TTM
Revenue per Share	35.18	38.07	39.2	35.55	41.26	52.28	60.33	54.2	63.68	96.48	103.47	77.57	76.36	74.69
Basic EPS, GAAP	0.9	3.82	2.63	0.9	3.02	6.07	7.99	-1.67	8.56	27.03	21.06	-2.01	-0.06	0.02
Free Cash Flow per Basic Share	0.53	0.89	0.66	0.7	3.86	5.76	5.32	-3.28	11.47	26.76	18.45	0.58	2.15	1.95
Dividend per Share	0.28	0.26	0.24	0.2	0.2	0.29	0.36	0.61	0.6	0.69	1.06	1.2	1.25	1.27
Book Value per Share	17.6	21.22	20.07	17.2	19.39	26.66	26.88	31.6	39.58	72.51	84.8	90.39	89.97	90.09
Tangible Book Value per Share	7.81	12.46	11.68	10.47	12.23	14.89	15.94	13.52	22.06	44.47	52.37	54.56	54.6	54.93
Basic Weighted Avg Shares	86	86	85	83	80	78	74	69	69	109	94	83	81	80
Sales/Revenue/Turnover	3,016	3,263	3,322	2,955	3,311	4,083	4,492	3,734	4,373	10,518	9,701	6,454	6,174	6,006
Operating Margin (%)	4.1	10.62	10.53	6.07	10.83	16.95	17.52	-2.58	19	37.51	27	-0.09	1.77	1.93
Depreciation Expense	153	150	146	138	147	167	189	198	203	584	589	540	550	546
Net Income, GAAP	77	328	223	75	243	474	595	-115	588	2,947	1,975	-167	-5	2
Effective Tax Rate (%)	24.51	- -	30.93	33.33	26.58	29.55	24.44	- -	25.57	24.4	23.83	- -	113.16	94.55
Profit Margin (%)	2.57	10.05	6.72	2.54	7.33	11.61	13.24	-3.08	13.45	28.02	20.36	-2.59	-0.08	0.03
Working Capital	440	186	251	263	356	563	551	239	808	2,011	1,957	1,327	903	1,003
LT Debt	302	8	305	305	307	506	508	500	500	517	525	225	19	24
Total Equity	1,500	1,829	1,748	1,547	1,667	2,168	2,126	1,905	2,478	7,656	7,619	7,223	6,954	6,939
Return on Invested Capital (%)	5.23	- -	11.16	5.77	13.26	20.51	21.71	- -	21.22	51.24	23.88	- -	-0.19	0.08
Return on Capital (%)	5.19	- -	11.22	4.37	13.73	21.93	23.86	- -	19.74	51.17	23.56	- -	-0.11	0.04
Return on Common Equity (%)	5.22	19.7	12.68	4.79	16.25	26.06	29.13	-5.5	24.02	55.48	24.91	-2.16	-0.07	0.03

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	FY
2023	1,627	1,608	1,705	1,514	6,454
2024	1,627	1,705	1,437	1,405	6,174
2025	1,459	- -	- -	- -	- -

	Sep'24	Dec'24	Mar'25
Total Current Assets	2,249	1,837	1,922
Accounts Receivable, Net	366	239	398
Cash, Cash Equivalents & STI	997	641	390
Inventories	800	844	1,041
Total Current Liabilities	1,234	934	919
Payables & Accruals	675	564	665
ST Debt	500	210	200
Deferred Revenue	- -	- -	- -

	Sep'24	Dec'24	Mar'25
ST Debt	500	210	200
LT Borrowings	- -	- -	- -
LT Finance Leases	26	19	24
Preferred Equity and Hybrid Capital	- -	- -	- -
Shares Outstanding	80	80	79
Market Capitalization	7,834	6,988	6,175

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	FY
2023	-0.5	-1.57	1.9	- -	-2.01
2024	0.43	1.29	-1.03	- -	-0.06
2025	0.53	- -	- -	- -	- -

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