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Charles Gross
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West Fraser Manages a Solid Year; Raising Fair Value Estimate to $58 on Lower Near-Term Log Costs

West Fraser wrapped up the year on a high note, with log costs remaining below our expectations because of high mature timber availability in the Southeast United States. Production also came in above our expectations, despite surprisingly cold weather weighing on the U.S. South. We've reduced our near-term outlook for log costs as they advance more slowly than we've anticipated, and have adjusted how much lumber we expect to be taxed upon entry into the United States. We've increased our fair v...
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West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

West Fraser Timber is an integrated wood products company producing lumber, newprint, wood chips, plywood, panels and pulp and paper products.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Charles Gross

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