Trex Company, Inc. vs WEST FRASER TIMBER CO. LTD., two Forest Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where TREX and WFG diverge most: on revenue growth, TREX reads +5.6% and WFG reads -14.3%; on operating margin, TREX reads 24.3% and WFG reads -21.7%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What TREX's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | TREX | WFG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $43.36 | $64.61 |
| Market cap | $4.6B | $5.1B |
| Sector | Forest Products | Forest Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | -1.1% |
| P/E | 24.1 | — |
| P/B | 4.58 | 0.87 |
| P/S | 3.87 | 0.93 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.4 | — |
| Revenue growth | +5.6% | -14.3% |
| Gross margin | 40.5% | — |
| Operating margin | 24.3% | -21.7% |
| Net margin | 16.3% | -17.1% |
| Return on equity | 19.2% | -16.0% |
| Return on assets | 11.1% | -12.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 19.2% | -16.0% |
| FCF yield | 5.0% | -6.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.02 | 2.13 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.07 | 2.71 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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