Report
Charles Gross
EUR 147.86 For Business Accounts Only

West Fraser's EBITDA Surges on Higher Pricing and Lower Costs; Raising Fair Value to CAD 61

West Fraser's third quarter handily exceeded even our bullish expectations, growing adjusted EBITDA by a massive 160% year over year. Falling net log costs were a welcome surprise, with U.S. prices down more than enough to offset higher prices in British Columbia. Seasonally higher lumber demand in the third quarter continued to drive dimensional lumber prices higher, up 44% in Canadian dollar terms. We think this quarter is just the tip of the iceberg. We continue to see substantial upside for ...
Underlying
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.

Provider
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.

Analysts
Charles Gross

Other Reports on these Companies
Other Reports from Morningstar

ResearchPool Subscriptions

Get the most out of your insights

Get in touch