West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. Plans Quarterly Dividend of $0.32 (TSE:WFG)

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TSE:WFG) announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 27th,TickerTech Dividends reports. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, January 14th will be given a dividend of 0.32 per share on Tuesday, January 14th. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 27th.

West Fraser Timber Stock Down 1.0 %

Shares of West Fraser Timber stock opened at C$124.72 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is C$130.18 and its 200 day moving average is C$121.70. West Fraser Timber has a one year low of C$100.84 and a one year high of C$141.27. The firm has a market cap of C$9.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 54.70 and a beta of 2.03. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.39, a current ratio of 2.33 and a quick ratio of 2.10.

West Fraser Timber (TSE:WFG) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 23rd. The company reported C($1.41) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of C($0.62) by C($0.79). West Fraser Timber had a net margin of 2.21% and a return on equity of 1.98%. The company had revenue of C$1.96 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of C$2.01 billion. Equities research analysts anticipate that West Fraser Timber will post 8.1184776 EPS for the current year.

West Fraser Timber Company Profile

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, douglas fir-larch, hem-fir, and southern yellow pine lumber, treated wood products, medium density fiberboard panels and plywood, oriented strand board, and laminated veneer lumber wood products, as well as particleboards.