
West Fraser Timber Co Ltd
WFG · NYSE · Basic Materials / Lumber & Wood Production
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West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., a diversified wood products company, engages in manufacturing, selling, marketing, and distributing lumber, engineered wood products, northern bleached softwood kraft pulp, newsprint, paper, wood chips and other residuals. It operates through four segments: Lumber, North America Engineered Wood Products, Pulp & Paper, and Europe Engineered Wood Products. The Lumber segment produces spruce, pine, fir and southern yellow pine lumber, douglas fir, hemlock, wood chips, and other residuals. The North America Engineered Wood Products segment manufactures oriented strand board, laminated veneer lumber, medium-density fibreboard, plywood, and particleboard, with OSB products marketed under brands such as Durastrand pointSIX, Pinnacle Stabledge, TruFlor pointSIX and TruFlor, Rimboard, SteadiTred, QuakeZone, Windstorm, TallWall and Trubord, and SolarBord, Trubord, TruDeck, StableDeck and StableWall, DuraSmart, Stable RVand NorCore; and MDF products under Ranger, WestPine, and EcoGold. The Pulp & Paper segment produces northern bleached softwood kraft pulp (NBSK), newsprint, and bleached chemithermomechanical pulp used to produce various paper products, including printing and writing papers, paper products, and tissue. The Europe Engineered Wood Products segment produces OSB, particleboard, and MDF applications including cabinet doors, mouldings and interior wall paneling under the SterlingOSB Zero, CaberFloor, and CaberMDF brands. It also provides bioenergy and green raw materials. Its products are used in home construction, repair and remodeling, paper, tissue, and box materials, and industrial applications. It sells its products to major retail chains, dealers, contractor supply yards, and wholesalers, as well as industrial customers for further processing or as components for other products in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and internationally. The company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Company Details
- SectorBasic Materials
- IndustryLumber & Wood Production
- CEOMr. Sean P. McLaren
- Employees9.60K
- Headquarters885 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6C 3E8, USA
- Websitehttps://www.westfraser.com
Leadership
- Mr. Sean P. McLarenCEO, President & Director · b. 1969
- Mr. Christopher A. Virostek CA, CPA, HBBAEVP & Chief Financial Officer · b. 1973
- Ms. Robin A. LampardSenior Vice-President of Corporate Services · b. 1967
- Mr. Kevin John BurkeExecutive Vice-President of North American Operations
- Mr. Alan G. McMeekinSenior Vice President of Europe · b. 1968
- Mr. Chuck H. WatkinsVice-President of Capital & Technology
- Ms. Shannon D. Webber LL.BVP & General Counsel
- Ms. Joyce WagenaarDirector of Communications
- Mr. Matthew Vincent TobinSenior Vice President of Sales & Marketing
- Mr. James LaundryVice-President of People and Organizational Development
Financials
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Key Statistics & Ratios
Analyst Ratings
- Strong Buy2
- Buy5
Ownership Breakdown
- Institutions
- 58.99%
- Insiders
- 32.34%
- Retail / Other
- 8.67%
Top Institutional Holders
- Fidelity International Ltd8.73M11.15%
- T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.3.69M4.72%
- Royal Bank of Canada3.45M4.41%
- Mackenzie Investments1.79M2.28%
- 1832 Asset Management L.P1.76M2.24%
- Manning & Napier Advisors, LLC1.70M2.18%
- Donald Smith & Co Inc1.63M2.08%
- Vanguard Capital Management, LLC1.52M1.94%
- Letko, Brosseau & Associates Inc.1.42M1.81%
- FMR Inc1.11M1.42%
- BMO Capital Markets Corp.846.67K1.08%
- Bank of Montreal831.93K1.06%
- Pictet Asset Manangement SA802.24K1.02%
- The Goldman Sachs Group Inc800.49K1.02%
Top Fund Holders
- Fidelity Canadian Large Cap Sr B3.11M3.97%
- Fidelity Canadian Large Cp Mlt Ast Bs O1.83M2.34%
- T. Rowe Price Equity Income1.31M1.67%
- RBC Canadian Dividend Fund A1.14M1.46%
- Fidelity Concntr Val Priv Pool Sr F895.99K1.14%
- RBC North American Value Fund A774.93K0.99%
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Stock Splits
- Jan 14, 20142:1