Company Snapshot
COMPANY INFORMATION
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.
501-858 Beatty St Vancouver, BC V6B 1C1Tel:
(604)
895-2700Fax:
(604)
681-6061
Contact Name
Rodger M. Hutchinson
Industry Forest Products
Key Executives Henry H. Ketcham, CEO Gerald J. Miller, CFO
Produces lumber products primarily in British Columbia, Alberta and the southern U.S. and panels and pulp and paper products primarily in British Columbia and Alberta. Holds extensive timber cutting rights, representing more than 12,000,000 m3 of allowable annual cut (AAC), providing raw material for its Canadian manufacturing operations.
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FINANCIAL RATIOS AS OF FEB 8/10
Listed
Close
52-wk High
52-wk Low
IAD
Latest Dividend
Yield
60-mo Beta
TSX/WFT
$31.92
$36.78
$19.91
$0.12
$0.03
0.4%
0.72
Avg 20-day Volume
P/E
12-mo EPS
EPS Date
1-yr Return
3-yr Return
5-yr Return
Market Cap. (000s)
60,114
n.a.
$-9.11
Sept. 30/09
11.21%
-8.97%
-1.44%
$1,366,528
ANNUAL FINANCIALS
Periods ended:
12m Dec. 31/08
12m Dec. 31/07
12m Dec. 31/06
$000s
$000s
$000s
Operating revenue
3,188,500
3,315,740
3,325,835
Net income
(137,100)
(34,314)
397,997
Total assets
3,411,600
3,565,977
4,018,435
$
$
$
Earnings per share*
(3.20)
(0.80)
9.31
%
%
%
Return on equity
(6.66)
(1.59)
19.39
* Com. & cl.B com.
TRAILING 12-MONTH VALUES
Periods ended:
Sept. 30/09
Sept. 30/08
$000s
$000s
Operating revenue
2,710,300
3,225,140
Net income
(390,200)
(70,514)
$
$
Earnings per share
(9.12)
(1.64)
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