West Fraser Timber Co Ltd expected to post earnings of $2.19 a share - Earnings Preview

West Fraser Timber Co

24/10/2022 12:09

* West Fraser Timber Co Ltd  WFG.TO   is expected to show a
fall
in quarterly revenue when it reports  results on October 26. 
    * The Vancouver British Columbia-based  company is expected
to
report  a 17.1% decrease in revenue to $1.955 billion from $2.36
billion a year ago, according to the mean estimate from 3
analysts, based on Refinitiv data. 
    * ​Refinitiv's mean analyst estimate for West Fraser Timber
Co Ltd
is for earnings of $2.19 per share. 
    * The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy"
and
the breakdown of recommendations is 5 "strong buy" or "buy," 1
"hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell."  
    * The mean earnings estimate of analysts was unchanged in
the last
three months. ​
    * Wall Street's median 12-month price target for West Fraser
Timber Co Ltd is C$144.43​, above​ its last closing price
of C$99.25. ​​​

Previous quarterly performance (using preferred earnings measure
in US dollars). ​
 QUARTER       STARMINESM  REFINITIV  ACTUAL    BEAT,   SURPRI
 ENDING        ARTESTIMAT  IBES                 MET,    SE %
               E®          ESTIMATE             MISSED  
 Jun. 30 2022  6.77        6.70       7.59      Beat    13.3
 Mar. 31 2022  9.59        10.01      10.35     Beat    3.4
 Dec. 31 2021  3.23        3.37       3.13      Missed  -7​
 Sep. 30 2021  3.93        4.16       4.20      Beat    1
 ​​Jun.        11.47       11.35      12.39     Beat    9.2
 30 2021                                                
 Mar. 31 2021  5.81        6.23       7.03      Beat    14.2​
 Dec. 31 2020  3.26        3.51       3.78      Beat    10
 Sep. 30 2020  3.75        3.48       4.23      Beat    22.7
 This summary was machine generated October 24 at 11:09 GMT.  All
figures in US dollars  unless otherwise stated