WFGWest Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.
$69.71+4.4% 1Y
$69.71
$57.6252 weeks$76.30
Is the business good?
How good a business is WFG?
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. earns −16% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.
−16%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 25 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value
- Operating margin
- −22%
Operating margin · Basic Materials median 9.9% · fiscal year to FY2025
- Share count, year on year
- −2.4%
Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company
- Gross margin
- 23%
Gross margin
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 19% |
| FY2021 | 38% |
| FY2022 | 26% |
| FY2023 | −4.4% |
| FY2024 | 0.11% |
| FY2025 | −22% |
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- Gross marginfiscal year to FY2025
- 23%
- Operating marginfiscal year to FY2025
- −22%
- Net marginfiscal year to FY2025
- −17%
- Free cash flow margin
- −5.8%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $5.46B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- −$315M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- −$937M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- −16%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.