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 +6.8% and WFG reads -14.3%; on operating margin, TREX reads 20.6% 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 | $44.80 | $63.95 |
| Market cap | $4.6B | $5.1B |
| Sector | Forest Products | Forest Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | -1.8% |
| P/E | 26.5 | — |
| P/B | 4.54 | 0.86 |
| P/S | 3.80 | 0.92 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.6 | — |
| Revenue growth | +6.8% | -14.3% |
| Gross margin | 37.9% | — |
| Operating margin | 20.6% | -21.7% |
| Net margin | 14.7% | -17.1% |
| Return on equity | 17.6% | -16.0% |
| Return on assets | 10.9% | -12.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 21.6% | -15.3% |
| FCF yield | 4.5% | -6.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.05 |
| Current ratio | 1.06 | 2.13 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.05 | 2.70 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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