How to buy Weyerhaeuser Company stock in Canada

Learn how to buy Weyerhaeuser Company stock in 6 easy steps.

Weyerhaeuser Company is a reit - specialty business based in the US. Weyerhaeuser Company shares (WY.US) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US dollars. Its last market close was $31.85 – an increase of 0.63% over the previous day. Weyerhaeuser Company employs 9,300 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $7.5 billion.

How to buy shares in Weyerhaeuser Company

  1. Open a brokerage account. Choose from our top broker picks or compare brokers in depth. Then, complete an application.
  2. Fund your account. Add money to your account via bank transfer, debit card or credit card.
  3. Search the platform by ticker symbol. WY in this case.
  4. Choose an order type. Place a market order or limit order with your preferred number of shares or dollar amount.
  5. Submit the order. It's that simple.
The whole process can take as little as 15 minutes. You'll need a smartphone or computer, an internet connection, your passport or driving licence and a means of payment.

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Is Weyerhaeuser Company under- or over-valued?

Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Weyerhaeuser Company P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA.

Weyerhaeuser Company's current stock price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 31x. In other words, Weyerhaeuser Company's stocks trade at around 31x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of November 09, 2023 (20.44). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Weyerhaeuser Company's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 4.3625. Higher PEG ratios such as this can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value given the current rate of growth.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Weyerhaeuser Company's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Weyerhaeuser Company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $1.5 billion ($1 CAD).

The EBITDA is a measure of Weyerhaeuser Company's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

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