If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of West Fraser Timber Co.Ltd is 0.77, which seems too high.
Warning Sign:
West Fraser Timber Co.Ltd stock dividend yield is close to 1-year low.
During the past 12 months, West Fraser Timber Co.Ltd's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 0.70% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 28.40% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 19.80% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 21.80% per year.
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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of West Fraser Timber Co.Ltd was 47.60% per year. The lowest was -30.80% per year. And the median was 4.65% per year.
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West Fraser Timber Co.Ltd Dividends per Share Historical Data
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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West Fraser Timber Co.Ltd Dividends per Share Chart
Competitive Comparison of West Fraser Timber Co.Ltd's Dividends per Share
For the Lumber & Wood Production subindustry, West Fraser Timber Co.Ltd's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
West Fraser Timber Co.Ltd's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Forest Products Industry
For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, West Fraser Timber Co.Ltd's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where West Fraser Timber Co.Ltd's Dividend Yield % falls into.
West Fraser Timber Co.Ltd Dividends per Share Calculation
Dividends paid to per common share.
West Fraser Timber Co.Ltd (TSX:WFG) Dividends per Share Explanation
1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.
West Fraser Timber Co.Ltd's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of West Fraser Timber Co.Ltd was 2.98. The lowest was 0.03. And the median was 0.07.
Warning Sign:
If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of West Fraser Timber Co.Ltd is 0.77, which seems too high.
2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
West Fraser Timber Co.Ltd Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.300000
2024-03-14
2024-03-15
2024-04-04
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:CAD 1.354570
USD 0.300000
2023-12-28
2023-12-29
2024-01-15
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:CAD 1.324995
USD 0.300000
2023-09-26
2023-09-27
2023-10-13
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:CAD 1.359050
USD 0.300000
2023-06-20
2023-06-21
2023-07-07
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:CAD 1.323200
* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
West Fraser Timber Co.Ltd's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Current Share Price is C$113.03.
West Fraser Timber Co.Ltd's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is C$1.6085445.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of West Fraser Timber Co.Ltd was 3.26%. The lowest was 0.36%. And the median was 0.77%.
Warning Sign:
West Fraser Timber Co.Ltd stock dividend yield is close to 1-year low.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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West Fraser Timber Co.Ltd (TSX:WFG) Business Description
West Fraser Timber is a softwood lumber company that also produces wood panels and pulp products. The company produces its wood products globally, with lumber mills in British Columbia, Alberta, Europe, and the southeastern United States. Following its acquisition of Norbord in 2021, West Fraser is now one of the largest oriented strand board, or OSB, producers in the world.
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