Closing Bell: West Fraser Timber CO Ltd down on Tuesday (WFG)
In market activity today, shares of West Fraser Timber CO Ltd opened at $115.22 and closed at $118.00. It traded at a low of $114.71 to a high of $119.79.
Shares shrank -1.58% from the previous day's close of $119.89.
Today across North America, the TSX Composite closed -2.18% at 22227.63, the S&P 500 closed -3.00% at 5186.33, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -2.60% at 38703.27 and the Nasdaq Composite closed -3.43% at 16200.08.
West Fraser Timber CO Ltd has listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker WFG.
A total of 202,155 shares was traded during the session, with total trades of 1,632, with an average volume of 194,479 over the last 5 days.
The TSX market on the whole today saw 3,772 price advancers against 1,443 declines and 86 unchanged.
During the prior 52 weeks, WFG.TO has traded as high as $124.18 (July 31,2024) and low as $88.61 (October 26,2023). Moreover, the shares have boosted 11.73% in the last 52 weeks, while they have advanced 4.09% year-to-date.
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 $9.64 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.
West Fraser Timber CO Ltd's average recommendation is "Strong Buy" based on 6.00 analysts according to Zacks. From those 6 analysts, 6 have buy ratings.
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