Valued at a market cap of $20.4 billion, Weyerhaeuser Company (WY) is one of the largest private owners of timberlands globally, with approximately 11 million acres in the U.S. and additional lands managed in Canada. The Seattle, Washington-based company operates sustainably across timber, real estate, and manufacturing, offering products like lumber, plywood, and hardwood, as well as minerals, oil, and gas. WY is set to release its fiscal Q4 earnings results after the market closes on Thursday, Jan. 30.
For Q4 earnings results, analysts forecast the timber and paper products company to post a profit of $0.07 per share, a decline of 56.3% from $0.16 per share in the same quarter last year. The company has surpassed Wall Street's bottom-line estimates in three of the past four quarters while missing on another occasion. In Q3, WY exceeded the consensus EPS estimate by a significant 150% margin.
