How to Buy West Fraser Timber Co Stock

Step 1: Decide where to buy West Fraser Timber Co stock

You need an online brokerage account to access the NYSE market and buy WFG shares.

Step 2: Create a brokerage account

Now that you've selected your brokerage, you need to fill out some personal details so you are able to buy WFG stock today.

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Step 3: Put funds into your brokerage account

Now that you have opened your account on the stocks app, you need to deposit funds:

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Step 4: Research West Fraser Timber Co stock

After you have figured out the best place to buy West Fraser Timber Co stock, it's crucial to evaluate their stock prior to investing, so you actually comprehend the risk and upside.

Overview of key WFG info

West Fraser Timber Co Due Diligence Checks

WallStreetZen was designed to help average investors perform more accurate fundamental analysis.

You can see all of the due diligence checks on WFG's stock page.

Is WFG stock undervalued or overvalued?

You can use a variety of different financial metrics, analyses, models, and charts to gauge WFG's intrinsic value.

Using relative valuations metrics:

• WFG could be overvalued based on its P/E ratio of 2,466x, relative to Lumber & Wood Production industry P/E ratio of 801.03x
• WFG could be undervalued based on its P/B ratio of 0.85x, relative to Lumber & Wood Production industry P/B ratio of 1.53x
• WFG may be undervalued based on its PEG ratio of 0.32x

You can access more valuation analysis on WFG's stock here.

WFG Financial Health Summary

Pros:

• WFG earnings of $54.00M is not enough to cover its interest payments.
• There are more short-term assets than short-term liabilities on the WFG balance sheet.
• WFG profit margin has gone up from -1.4% to 0% in the past year.
• WFG has a low debt to equity ratio of 0.26.
• There are more short-term assets than long-term liabilities on the WFG balance sheet.
• WFG's operating cash flow of $626.00M allows it to safely service it's debt of $200.00M.

Is it a good time to buy WFG stock, according to analysts?

Out of 1 Wall Street analysts who monitor WFG, the consensus analyst rating on West Fraser Timber Co is a Buy

It's important to note that analyst ratings are not recommendations, nor are they investment advice.

You can dive deeper into what analysts are saying on the West Fraser Timber Co stock forecast page.

Metrics for Advanced WFG Traders

Is WFG Making Money?

Last year, WFG earnings were $2.00M. During the past four year, WFG's earnings have grown by -78.98% per year. This was slower than the Lumber & Wood Production industry average of -12.04%.

Last year, WFG revenue was $6.01B. During the last 4 year, WFG's revenue has grown by 0.76% per year. This was slower than the Lumber & Wood Production industry average of 8.05%.

Dive into WFG's earnings and revenue performance here.

Are WFG insiders buying or selling the stock?

Over the last 12 months, insiders at WFG have not bought or sold any shares.

Get more info about who owns WFG stock here.

Does WFG provide a stable income stream?

West Fraser Timber Co pays a dividend of 0.43%, compared to the Lumber & Wood Production industry's average dividend yield of 0.78%. If you owned $1,000 of WFG stock, you would have been paid $4.33 in the past 12 months.

Find more analysis about West Fraser Timber Co dividend yield and history here.

WFG Social Trading Data

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Step 5: Execute your WFG buy order

You have two main order types:

• Market order: A market order is an order to buy or sell a stock at the best price on the market.
  Market orders are mostly fine.
• Limit order: A limit order allows you to buy or sell a stock at a specific price (or better).
  If you want to be sure you're buying or selling at a specific price, use a limit order.

Click the Open Trade button and your broker will execute the order.

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Step 6: Track your investment in WFG

Now that you own some WFG stock, you'll want to stay up-to-date on your investment.

Create a watchlist to get alerted to the latest events about your WFG stock.

How to Buy Stock in West Fraser Timber Co

To reiterate, here are the 6 steps you need to take to buy West Fraser Timber Co stock right now:

1. Decide where to buy West Fraser Timber Co stock
2. Create a brokerage account
3. Put funds into your brokerage account
4. Research West Fraser Timber Co stock
5. Execute your WFG buy order
6. Track your investment in WFG

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