How to buy West Fraser shares in the UK

West Fraser Timber Co Ltd (WFG) is a publicly traded lumber and wood production business based in Canada which employs around 9,700 staff. West Fraser is listed on the Toronto stock Exchange (TSX) and traded in Canadian dollars.

How to buy shares in West Fraser

Open a brokerage account. Choose from our top broker picks or compare brokers in depth. Then, sign up on your chosen platform.
Fund your account. Add money to your account via bank transfer or debit card.
Search the platform by ticker symbol. WFG in this case.
Choose an order type. Place a market order (or limit order, if you want to try to hold out for a specific price) with your preferred number of shares or investment amount.
Submit the order. It's that simple.

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The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.

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Historical closes compared with the last close of C$84.55

1 week (2025-12-05)	3.92%
1 month (2025-11-12)	-9.79%
3 months (2025-09-12)	-17.47%
6 months (2025-06-12)	-17.13%
1 year (2024-12-12)	-34.64%
2 years (2023-12-12)	-19.40%
3 years (2022-12-12)	-22.48%
5 years (2020-12-12)	15.65%

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Is West Fraser under- or over-valued?

Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the West Fraser P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA.

West Fraser EBITDA

West Fraser's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is C$279 million (£151.2 million).

The EBITDA is a measure of West Fraser's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Frequently asked questions

Dividend yield: 1.51% of stock value
Forward annual dividend yield: 2.14% of stock value
Dividend payout ratio: 72.19% of net profits

West Fraser has recently paid out dividends equivalent to 1.51% of its share value annually.

West Fraser has paid out, on average, around 72.19% of recent net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.14% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), shareholders could enjoy a 2.14% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In West Fraser's case, that would currently equate to about 1.28 per share.

West Fraser's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

West Fraser's most recent dividend payout was on 13 October 2025. To benefit from it's next dividend payout, you'll need to buy West Fraser shares before 28 December 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").
West Fraser's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 13 January 2014. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your West Fraser shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for West Fraser shares which in turn could have impacted West Fraser's share price.
It's as easy to sell West Fraser as it is to buy! Here's how to sell West Fraser shares that you already own.
1. Open your investment app. If you've got one with desktop access, you can log in online
2. Go to your portfolio. This should be in the main menu
3. Find your shares. You may be able to search your portfolio
4. Choose how many you'd like to sell. You'll be able to review the price and see how much you'll receive
5. Sell your West Fraser shares. Your investment platform will let you know when your shares are sold

West Fraser financials

Revenue TTM	C$5.7 billion
Gross profit TTM	C$1.5 billion
Return on assets TTM	-1.82%
Return on equity TTM	-3.61%
Profit margin	-4.35%
Book value	C$84.45
Market capitalisation	C$6.8 billion
EBITDA	C$279 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

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How to buy West Fraser shares

West Fraser is a diversified wood products company with more than 60 facilities in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe. In February 2021, West Fraser bought Norbord.

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