Zacks Research Decreases Earnings Estimates for Weyerhaeuser

Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE:WY) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research lowered their Q4 2026 EPS estimates for Weyerhaeuser in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, October 6th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the real estate investment trust will earn $0.09 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.12. The consensus estimate for Weyerhaeuser’s current full-year earnings is $0.78 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Weyerhaeuser’s Q1 2027 earnings at $0.09 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $0.18 EPS and Q3 2027 earnings at $0.15 EPS.

Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 24th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.12 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.02. Weyerhaeuser had a return on equity of 2.95% and a net margin of 3.97%.The firm had revenue of $1.88 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.94 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.21 EPS. The firm’s revenue was down 2.8% compared to the same quarter last year.

Other equities analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. Truist Financial cut their price objective on shares of Weyerhaeuser from $30.00 to $29.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, July 28th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Weyerhaeuser in a report on Saturday, September 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on Weyerhaeuser from $32.00 to $31.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, September 17th. Wall Street Zen cut Weyerhaeuser from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Sunday, August 3rd. Finally, DA Davidson reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $35.00 price target on shares of Weyerhaeuser in a report on Monday, September 29th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have assigned a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $32.88.

Weyerhaeuser Price Performance

Weyerhaeuser stock opened at $24.96 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a current ratio of 1.04 and a quick ratio of 0.68. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $25.38 and a 200-day simple moving average of $25.98. Weyerhaeuser has a 12 month low of $23.98 and a 12 month high of $33.56. The stock has a market capitalization of $18.01 billion, a PE ratio of 65.69, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 125.31 and a beta of 1.05.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Weyerhaeuser

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. GKV Capital Management Co. Inc. purchased a new stake in Weyerhaeuser during the 1st quarter worth about $29,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. raised its position in shares of Weyerhaeuser by 86.3% in the second quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 1,125 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $29,000 after buying an additional 521 shares during the last quarter. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Weyerhaeuser during the first quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Costello Asset Management INC acquired a new stake in Weyerhaeuser during the first quarter worth approximately $32,000. Finally, Marshall Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in Weyerhaeuser in the 1st quarter worth approximately $36,000. 82.99% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Weyerhaeuser news, Director Sara Grootwassink Lewis purchased 4,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 11th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $25.29 per share, for a total transaction of $101,160.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 21,478 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $543,178.62. This trade represents a 22.89% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.27% of the company’s stock.

Weyerhaeuser Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 12th. Investors of record on Friday, August 29th were given a $0.21 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, August 29th. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.4%. Weyerhaeuser’s payout ratio is currently 221.05%.

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.