Closing Bell: West Fraser Timber CO Ltd up on Tuesday (WFG)
In trading today, West Fraser Timber CO Ltd opened at $120.04 and closed at $121.39. prices ranged from $120.00 to $122.88.
Shares raised 1.12 percent from the previous day's close of $120.04.
During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed 0.20% at 22824.67, the S&P 500 closed 0.08% at 5463.54, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -0.12% at 40539.93 and the Nasdaq Composite closed 0.07% at 17370.20.
West Fraser Timber CO Ltd traded under WFG on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).
Trading volume was 165,891 on 1,457 total trades, while having an average volume of 194,393 over 5 days.
Trading across the entire TSX saw 2,584 price advancers against 2,644 declines and 86 unchanged.
During the prior 52 weeks, WFG.TO has traded as high as $122.88 (July 30,2024) and low as $88.61 (October 26,2023). Moreover, in the last 52 weeks, West Fraser Timber CO Ltd's shares have advanced 7.63%, while in 2024, they have advanced 7.08%.
It announced a 0.32 dividend on June 12/24, with an June 26/24 ex-date and July 12/24 pay day.
Following today's trading, West Fraser Timber CO Ltd has a market capitalization of $9.65 billion on a float of 80,374 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $1.69.
West Fraser Timber CO Ltd is a TSX Lumber & Wood Production company headquartered in Vancouver, CAN.
Currently, West Fraser Timber CO Ltd has an average recommendation of "Strong Buy" based on 5.00 analysts according to Zacks. From those 5 analysts, 5 have buy ratings.
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