Look Past The Setbacks And Give Weyerhaeuser Co. (NYSE: WY) Another Chance

Weyerhaeuser Co. (NYSE:WY) currently has a daily average trading volume of 3.81M but it saw 3104950 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 21.94B USD, the company’s current market price of $30.17 came rising about 0.07 while comparing to the previous closing price of $30.15. 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. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $30.155 while lowest mark touched by it was $30.51.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Weyerhaeuser Co. (WY) gives us an average price of $30.42, while its current price level is -16.82% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 12.87% 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 $29.97 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $31.86. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.49% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 1.65%. 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 46.33 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 -1.53% down while it is -4.65% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -12.86% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -5.08%.

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 29.60 while having a 32.25 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.40. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 2.19 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 2.91. Its return on asset (ROA) is 4.35% on average.