Are Analysts Expecting A Better 2020 For Weyerhaeuser Co. (WY)?

Weyerhaeuser Co. (WY) concluded trading on Thursady at a closing price of $33.69, with 5.21 million shares of worth about $175.38 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 3.50% during that period and on Thursady the price saw a gain of about 1.60%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 729.75M shares, out of which, 726.42M shares are available for trading.

According to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), insiders took part in trade of the company’s stock for 28 times over the past 12 months. They bought 33,452 shares in 7 of the transactions. In 21 selling transactions, insiders dumped 159,958 shares.

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Stock saw a price change of 2.43% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 1.63%. Year-to-date (YTD), WY shares are showing a performance of -2.69% which increased to 9.96% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $27.53 but also hit the highest price of $34.99 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Weyerhaeuser Co. shares is 3.76 million. The stock is currently trading 2.26% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 1.52% for SMA50 and it goes to 6.25% higher than SMA200.

Weyerhaeuser Co. (NYSE: WY) currently have 729.75M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 85.53% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $24.58B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.44. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 29.40, while it has posted earnings per share of $1.15 in the same period. Its PEG reads 5.88 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for WY, volatility over the week remained 1.53% while standing at 1.81% over the month.

Analysts are in expectations that Weyerhaeuser Co. (WY) stock would likely to be making an EPS of $0.19 in the current quarter, while forecast for next quarter EPS is $0.34 and it is $1.33 for next year. For the current quarter EPS, analysts have given the company a lowest target $0.15 which is $0.26 at the higher side of the target for the same. When we compare those targets with actual EPS, we find that company posted an EPS of $0.21 in the same quarter a year ago. Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 4.81% while it is estimated to increase by 23.82% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 5.00% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 3.00% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

Coverage by BofA Securities stated Weyerhaeuser Co. (WY) stock as a Buy in their note to investors on July 10, 2023, suggesting a price target of $38 for the stock. On April 10, 2023, DA Davidson Upgrade their recommendations, while on September 20, 2022, BofA Securities Downgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $34. Stock get a Hold rating from Argus on July 20, 2022.

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