Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) Rating Increased to Hold at Zacks Research

Zacks Research upgraded shares of Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) from a strong sell rating to a hold rating in a report published on Wednesday morning,Zacks.com reports. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Weyerhaeuser’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.02 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.07 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $0.17 EPS and Q2 2027 earnings at $0.17 EPS.

Several other research firms have also recently issued reports on WY. Royal Bank Of Canada decreased their price objective on shares of Weyerhaeuser from $31.00 to $30.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, November 3rd. CIBC decreased their price target on Weyerhaeuser from $32.00 to $31.00 and set an “outperformer” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, September 11th. Citigroup lowered their price target on Weyerhaeuser from $28.00 to $26.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday. Weiss Ratings lowered Weyerhaeuser from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Friday, November 7th. Finally, DA Davidson decreased their target price on Weyerhaeuser from $35.00 to $31.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have assigned a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $30.25.

Weyerhaeuser Stock Performance

WY stock traded down $0.31 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $22.13. 6,338,096 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,333,975. Weyerhaeuser has a 1-year low of $22.10 and a 1-year high of $32.70. The firm has a market cap of $15.95 billion, a PE ratio of 58.23, a P/E/G ratio of 244.04 and a beta of 1.04. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $24.07 and its 200-day moving average price is $25.34. The company has a quick ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 1.04 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45.

Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 30th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.06 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.07) by $0.13. The business had revenue of $1.72 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.71 billion. Weyerhaeuser had a net margin of 3.97% and a return on equity of 2.95%. The company’s revenue was up 12.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.05 earnings per share. On average, research analysts expect that Weyerhaeuser will post 0.78 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Weyerhaeuser Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 12th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 28th will be issued a dividend of $0.21 per share. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 28th. Weyerhaeuser’s payout ratio is presently 186.67%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in WY. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Weyerhaeuser in the second quarter valued at $600,502,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its holdings in shares of Weyerhaeuser by 86.5% during the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 13,550,466 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $348,111,000 after buying an additional 6,284,982 shares in the last quarter. Nuveen LLC acquired a new position in Weyerhaeuser during the first quarter valued at $107,330,000. Millennium Management LLC boosted its position in Weyerhaeuser by 2,952.7% during the 1st quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 3,130,367 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $91,657,000 after acquiring an additional 3,027,823 shares during the period. Finally, Wellington Management Group LLP boosted its position in Weyerhaeuser by 6.3% during the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 39,646,897 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $982,847,000 after acquiring an additional 2,343,724 shares during the period. 82.99% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Weyerhaeuser Company Profile

Weyerhaeuser Company, one of the world's largest private owners of timberlands, began operations in 1900. We own or control approximately 11 million acres of timberlands in the U.S. and manage additional timberlands under long-term licenses in Canada. We manage these timberlands on a sustainable basis in compliance with internationally recognized forestry standards.