Weyerhaeuser Co. (NYSE: WY) Increases 11.56% Over A Month, But Analysts Still See Upside Potential

Weyerhaeuser Co. (NYSE:WY) currently has a daily average trading volume of 3.91M but it saw 7221110 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 24.43B USD, the company’s current market price of $33.59 came rising about 1.48 while comparing to the previous closing price of $33.10. 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 $33.46 while lowest mark touched by it was $33.87.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Weyerhaeuser Co. (WY) gives us an average price of $31.21, while its current price level is -7.39% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 25.66% 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 $30.80 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 1.69% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 1.73%. 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 75.81 which implies that the stock is in overbought 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 6.94% up while it is 11.56% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -2.98% down and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 5.55%.

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 32.95 while having a 36.67 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.40. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 2.43 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 3.24. Its return on asset (ROA) is 4.35% on average.