West Fraser Timber Co Receives Buy Rating and $97 Price Target from RBC Capital Analyst

RBC Capital analyst Matt McKellar reiterated a Buy rating on West Fraser Timber Co with a price target of $97.00. The company's shares closed at $70.95. McKellar has a 3-star analyst rating with an average return of 4.3% and a 46.43% success rate. A Buy rating was also given by CIBC's Hamir Patel, while TR | OpenAI reiterated a Hold rating. The company has a one-year high of $102.40 and a one-year low of $69.48.

West Fraser Timber Co (WFG) received a boost from analysts following its Q2 2025 earnings report. RBC Capital's Matt McKellar reiterated a Buy rating on WFG with a price target of $97.00. The company's shares closed at $70.95 on July 2, 2025. McKellar, who has a 3-star analyst rating with an average return of 4.3% and a 46.43% success rate, cited the company's strong liquidity position and attractive valuation as reasons for his optimism [1].

CIBC's Hamir Patel also reiterated a Buy rating, while TR | OpenAI reiterated a Hold rating. The company has a one-year high of $102.40 and a one-year low of $69.48. WFG's adjusted EBITDA for Q2 2025 was $84 million, representing a 6% margin. The company exited Q2 with nearly $1.7 billion of available liquidity and a strong cash position net of debt [2].

In the past three months, the average analyst price target for WFG was $82.98, representing a 14.98% upside from the current price of $72.17. The consensus rating is a Strong Buy, based on 4 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 0 sell ratings. The highest analyst price target is $96.00, and the lowest forecast is $70.83 [1].

WFG's earnings forecast for the next quarter is -$0.19, with a range of -$1.26 to $0.91. The previous quarter's EPS was -$0.38. The company beat its EPS estimate 25.00% of the time in the past 12 months, while its overall industry beat the EPS estimate 45.28% of the time in the same period. In the last calendar year, WFG has outperformed its overall industry [1].

WFG's sales forecast for the next quarter is $1.49B, with a range of $1.42B to $1.61B. The previous quarter's sales results were $1.55B. The company beat its sales estimates 100.00% of the time in the past 12 months, while its overall industry beat sales estimates 47.73% of the time in the same period. In the last calendar year, WFG has outperformed its overall industry [1].

References:
[1] https://www.tipranks.com/stocks/wfg/forecast
[2] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/west-fraser-timber-co-ltd-072147800.html