Paper & forest products 2025 outlook and top stocks to own By Investing.com
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Dec 20 2024
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Source: Investing.com
Market Outlook for Containerboard and Lumber: RBC Capital Markets anticipates a cyclical recovery in containerboard and a tighter lumber market by 2025, favoring companies like International Paper and Smurfit WestRock for their pricing strategies, while expecting a 15% rise in lumber prices due to capacity reductions.
Challenges and Forecasts: High mortgage rates are expected to limit demand for wood products, with only a modest increase in housing starts projected; however, ongoing capacity curtailments may lead to higher pricing in the lumber market.
Analyst Views on WY
Wall Street analysts forecast WY stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for WY is 29.13 USD with a low forecast of 26.00 USD and a high forecast of 35.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
9 Analyst Rating
7 Buy
2 Hold
0 Sell
Strong Buy
Current: 26.790
Low
26.00
Averages
29.13
High
35.00
Current: 26.790
Low
26.00
Averages
29.13
High
35.00
About WY
Weyerhaeuser Company is a real estate investment trust. The Company is a private owner of timberlands and owns or controls approximately 10.4 million acres of timberlands in the United States and manages additional timberlands under long-term licenses in Canada. Its segments include Timberlands, Real Estate, Energy and Natural Resources (Real Estate & ENR), and Wood Products. The Timberlands segment includes logs, timber, recreational leases, and other products. The Real Estate & ENR segment includes the sales of timberlands and rights to explore for and extract hard minerals, construction materials, natural gas production, wind and solar. The Wood Products include structural lumber, oriented strand board, engineered wood products, and building materials distribution. Its products are primarily supplied to the residential, multi-family, repair and remodel, industrial and light commercial markets. The Company operates over 34 manufacturing facilities in the United States and Canada.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
