Weyerhaeuser Stock in Brief

By Tamara Parker • Friday, September 13 15:06 • Permanent Link

Weyerhaeuser logged a 2.7% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $32.27 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.0%. WY's trading volume is 1,928,773 compared to the stock's average volume of 3,875,695.

Weyerhaeuser trades -10.1% away from its average analyst target price of $35.89 per share. The 9 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $31.0 to $38.0, and on average have given Weyerhaeuser a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying WY should be aware of the facts below:

Weyerhaeuser's current price is 69.6% above its Graham number of $19.02, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Weyerhaeuser has moved -3.5% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 25.7%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 1.02, Weyerhaeuser has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 31.6 while the S&P 500 average is 28.21
WY has a forward P/E ratio of 33.6 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $0.96 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 11.42 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Weyerhaeuser is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 2.34 compared to its sector average of 2.09
Weyerhaeuser Company, one of the world's largest private owners of timberlands, began operations in 1900.
Based in Seattle, the company has 9,300 full time employees and a market cap of $23.47 Billion. Weyerhaeuser currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.5%.

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