Weyerhaeuser Co. (NYSE: WY): Think Like A Lender, Not An Investor

Weyerhaeuser Co. (NYSE:WY) currently has a daily average trading volume of 3.64M but it saw 4613767 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 23.22B USD, the company’s current market price of $31.92 came rising about 0.50 while comparing to the previous closing price of $31.76. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $36.27 and as low as $26.73.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Weyerhaeuser Co. (WY) gives us an average price of $29.87, while its current price level is -11.99% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 19.42% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $29.43 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $31.77. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.73% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 2.38%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 68.48 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

BofA Securities upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Neutral” on July 10, 2023 while assigning a price target range of $34-$38. DA Davidson issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $34 and $35.

Over the week, WY’s stock price is moving 5.31% up while it is 16.16% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -7.81% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -5.63%.

Currently, Weyerhaeuser Co.’s total number of outstanding shares is 729.75M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 5.00% and return on equity (ROE) at 7.38%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 31.31 while having a 33.31 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.40. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 2.31 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 3.08. Its return on asset (ROA) is 4.35% on average.