NWGL vs BCC vs WY Stock Comparison

CL Workshop, Boise Cascade and Weyerhaeuser Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BCC BOISE CASCADE Co
$77.76 0.0% 1M +8.0% 1Y
Market cap
$2.65B
P/E
25.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.46B
Div. yield
0.01%
Industrial Distribution Industrials
7 wins
WY Weyerhaeuser Co
$19.49 -7.9% 1M -18.3% 1Y
Market cap
$14.12B
P/E
29.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.85B
Div. yield
0.04%
Lumber Basic Materials
5 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Boise Cascade leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Boise Cascade 7, Weyerhaeuser 5). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNWGLBCCWYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.44M $2.65B $14.12B WY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 25.1x 29.9x BCC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 20.5x 69.6x BCC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — -1.5% -2.6% BCC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 1.6% 6.9% WY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 4.6% 5.7% WY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.4x 3.6x BCC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.04% WY
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -95.1% +8.0% -18.3% BCC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +5.9%/yr -12.1%/yr BCC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 221.5% 37.9% 27.5% WY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 52/100 44/100 BCC

Percentile Scorecard

NWGLBCCWY

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisNWGLBCCWY
Valuation – 87 #7 of 46 51 #142 of 287
Growth – 8 #36 of 39 26 #198 of 267
Profitability – 49 #21 of 40 50 #121 of 240
Financial Health 7 #275 of 295 75 #13 of 49 39 #180 of 295
Shareholder Returns – 42 #19 of 32 54 #94 of 204
Overall – 52 44
  • NWGL ranked among 308 companies in Basic Materials
  • BCC ranked among 49 companies in Distribution and Rental
  • WY ranked among 308 companies in Basic Materials

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodNWGLBCCWYSPY
1 month -94.3%0.0%-7.9% -1.0%
3 months -70.4%-0.2%-18.6% +2.9%
6 months -91.9%-7.6%-22.1% +6.4%
Year to date -94.4%+5.7%-17.7% +11.4%
1 year -95.1%+8.0%-18.3% +13.1%
3 years -99.2%-15.2%-32.7% +79.4%
3 years, per year -80.2%-5.3%-12.4% +21.5%
5 years —+33.3%-47.5% +67.7%
5 years, per year —+5.9%-12.1% +10.9%
10 years —+231.2%-37.7% +255.2%
10 years, per year —+12.7%-4.6% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureNWGLBCCWYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 221.5%37.9%27.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 286.4%30.9%25.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.410.930.23 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.430.21-0.67 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -99.6%-57.3%-56.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -95.4%-14.6%-28.1% -2.5%
52-week high $1.75$91.03$27.10 $779.14
52-week low $0.08$65.47$18.48 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleNWGLBCCWY
P/E now vs peer median —median 17.9x 25.9xmedian 25.9x 29.8xmedian 17.9x
P/S now vs peer median —median 1.8x 0.4xmedian 1.0x 2.0xmedian 1.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.8x 8.7xmedian 13.0x 14.0xmedian 9.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 16.0x 26.3xmedian 23.0x -31.4xmedian 16.0x
P/B now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 1.8x 1.3xmedian 2.4x 1.5xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.73 -0.63median 2.37 -2.49median 0.73

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsNWGLBCCWY
Revenue – $6.46B $6.85B
Gross profit – $1.07B $994.00M
Operating income – $160.04M $844.00M
Net income – $105.69M $472.00M
Free cash flow – $103.31M -$447.00M
R&D – – $5.00M
EPS (diluted) – $3.00 $0.65
Cash & equivalents $200.00K $304.82M $527.00M
Total debt -$11.23M $1.79B $5.43B
Shares (diluted) 16.55M 35.23M 721.90M
Enterprise value -$3.03M $1.02B $12.43B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricNWGLBCCWY
P/E – 25.9x 29.8x
P/FCF – 26.3x -31.4x
P/Operating cash flow – 9.8x 25.7x
P/S – 0.4x 2.0x
P/B 0.7x 1.3x 1.5x
P/Tangible book 0.7x 1.4x 1.5x
EV/EBITDA – 8.7x 14.0x
EV/EBIT – 17.9x 22.4x
EV/Revenue – 0.4x 2.8x
EV/FCF – 27.7x -42.4x
EV/Operating cash flow – 10.4x 34.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -0.63 -2.49

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNWGLBCCWY
Revenue growth (1Y) – -1.5% -2.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -3.3% -4.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -10.7% -18.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -11.5% -18.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) – -53.6% 46.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -40.8% -12.1%
Net income growth (1Y) – -59.7% 69.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -43.3% -12.4%
EPS growth (1Y) – -56.8% 69.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -40.9% -12.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 0.7% -40.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -32.5% -26.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 844.4% -263.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -48.4% -36.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNWGLBCCWY
Gross margin – 16.5% 14.5%
EBITDA margin – 5.1% 19.8%
Operating margin – 2.5% 12.3%
Pretax margin – 2.3% 5.5%
Net margin – 1.6% 6.9%
FCF margin – 1.6% -6.5%
Operating cash flow margin – 4.3% 8.0%
Return on equity – 5.2% 5.0%
Return on assets – 3.1% 2.9%
Return on invested capital – 4.6% 5.7%
Return on capital employed – 5.9% 5.4%
Asset turnover – 1.9x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 2.6x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.2% 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNWGLBCCWY
Debt / assets 46.3% 13.2% 32.9%
Debt / equity 2.2x 0.2x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.4x 3.6x
Debt / FCF – 4.3x -12.1x
Liabilities / assets 78.5% 40.2% 42.7%
Equity / assets 21.5% 59.8% 57.3%
Interest coverage – 6.5x 3.1x
Current ratio 1.2x 2.7x 1.8x
Quick ratio 0.5x 1.3x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.5x 0.6x
Altman Z-score – 4.26 1.95

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNWGLBCCWY
Dividend yield – 1.1% 4.3%
Net buyback yield – 7.6% 0.4%
Shareholder yield – 8.7% 4.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 32.5% 128.2%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 33.2% -135.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) – -85.0% 1.9%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -42.8% -20.5%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusNWGLBCCWY
Forward P/E – 20.5xFY2026 69.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $3.80FY2026 $0.28FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +7.6%FY2026 +40.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +32.1% +107.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $6.80BFY2026 $7.59BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +6.3%FY2026 +9.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +4.2% -2.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNWGLBCCWY
Held by institutions – 96.0% 90.2%
Institutions holding – 333 903
Change in shares held, QoQ – -0.4% +2.1%
Institutions buying – 164 432
Institutions selling – 128 318
Buyers to sellers – 1.28 1.36

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

NWGLBCCWY
NWGL 1.00 0.04 0.03
BCC 0.04 1.00 0.62
WY 0.03 0.62 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NWGL, BCC and WY?

Weyerhaeuser (WY) is the largest by market capitalisation: CL Workshop (NWGL) $1.44M, Boise Cascade (BCC) $2.65B, Weyerhaeuser (WY) $14.12B.

Which stock is cheaper, NWGL, BCC and WY?

Boise Cascade (BCC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Boise Cascade (BCC) 25.1x, Weyerhaeuser (WY) 29.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Boise Cascade (BCC) is cheapest (Boise Cascade (BCC) 20.5x, Weyerhaeuser (WY) 69.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Boise Cascade (BCC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Boise Cascade (BCC) -1.5%, Weyerhaeuser (WY) -2.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Weyerhaeuser (WY) has the highest net margin (Boise Cascade (BCC) 1.6%, Weyerhaeuser (WY) 6.9%). On return on invested capital, Weyerhaeuser (WY) leads (Boise Cascade (BCC) 4.6%, Weyerhaeuser (WY) 5.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Boise Cascade (BCC) returned the most: CL Workshop (NWGL) -95.1%, Boise Cascade (BCC) +8.0%, Weyerhaeuser (WY) -18.3%. Over five years, Boise Cascade (BCC) compounded fastest (Boise Cascade (BCC) +5.9%/yr, Weyerhaeuser (WY) -12.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Weyerhaeuser (WY) has the highest dividend yield: CL Workshop (NWGL) 0.00%, Boise Cascade (BCC) 0.01%, Weyerhaeuser (WY) 0.04%. CL Workshop (NWGL) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Weyerhaeuser (WY) has been the steadiest (CL Workshop (NWGL) 221.5%, Boise Cascade (BCC) 37.9%, Weyerhaeuser (WY) 27.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NWGL, BCC and WY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Boise Cascade (BCC) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.