WY vs MERC vs WFG Stock Comparison

Weyerhaeuser, Mercer International and West Fraser Timber Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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WY Weyerhaeuser Co
$21.64 +16.2% 1M -3.7% 1Y
Market cap
$15.12B
P/E
33.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.00B
Div. yield
0.04%
Lumber Basic Materials
6 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Weyerhaeuser leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Weyerhaeuser 6, Mercer International 2, West Fraser Timber 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionWYMERCWFGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $15.12B $17.01M $5.35B WY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 33.4x 0.0x -5.0x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 90.2x — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -1.1% -3.5% -7.1% WY
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 6.5% -27.0% -20.4% WY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 5.5% -20.9% -18.0% WY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.8x -7.7x 2.1x MERC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.04% 0.30% 0.00% MERC
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -3.7% -87.0% +19.1% WFG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -10.8%/yr -52.6%/yr -3.8%/yr WFG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 28.6% 110.6% 33.6% WY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 44/100 14/100 34/100 WY

Percentile Scorecard

WYMERCWFG

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

AxisWYMERCWFG
Valuation 51 #147 of 296 21 #234 of 296 45 #163 of 296
Growth 31 #190 of 275 4 #265 of 275 8 #253 of 275
Profitability 50 #121 of 241 28 #174 of 241 20 #192 of 241
Financial Health 37 #187 of 294 7 #275 of 294 37 #186 of 294
Shareholder Returns 53 #103 of 218 12 #191 of 218 59 #89 of 218
Overall 44 14 34
  • WY ranked among 309 companies in Basic Materials
  • MERC ranked among 309 companies in Basic Materials
  • WFG ranked among 309 companies in Basic Materials

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodWYMERCWFGSPY
1 month +16.2%+4.2%+9.0% -5.9%
3 months -14.9%-63.2%-1.1% -4.6%
6 months -8.7%-77.5%+9.9% +0.2%
Year to date -8.7%-87.4%+12.9% +7.5%
1 year -3.7%-87.0%+19.1% +8.2%
3 years -29.9%-97.3%-8.6% +68.3%
3 years, per year -11.2%-70.0%-3.0% +19.0%
5 years -43.5%-97.6%-17.5% +56.5%
5 years, per year -10.8%-52.6%-3.8% +9.4%
10 years -24.5%-97.1%+101.4% +251.5%
10 years, per year -2.8%-29.7%+7.3% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureWYMERCWFGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 28.6%110.6%33.6% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 25.4%114.7%31.6% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.211.740.65 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.13-0.790.57 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -56.6%-99.3%-43.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -20.1%-91.0%-10.0% -5.9%
52-week high $27.10$2.79$76.69 $779.14
52-week low $18.48$0.12$57.91 $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.

MultipleWYMERCWFG
P/E now vs peer median 34.5xmedian 17.3x 0.0xmedian 17.3x -5.0xmedian 17.3x
P/S now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 1.8x 0.0xmedian 1.8x 1.0xmedian 1.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 15.4xmedian 10.0x -7.7xmedian 10.0x 33.1xmedian 10.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -1,199xmedian 15.8x -0.1xmedian 15.8x -11.5xmedian 15.8x
P/B now vs peer median 1.7xmedian 1.8x -0.1xmedian 1.8x 1.0xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median -3.43median 0.59 0.00median 0.59 -1.69median 0.59

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 monthsWYMERCWFG
Revenue $7.00B $1.84B $5.30B
Gross profit $1.05B $76.25M $1.30B
Operating income $821.00M -$409.10M -$1.31B
Net income $453.00M -$495.88M -$1.08B
Free cash flow -$13.00M -$127.44M -$472.00M
R&D $5.00M – –
EPS (diluted) $0.63 $-7.38 $-13.64
Cash & equivalents $349.00M $71.01M $203.00M
Total debt $5.35B $2.00B $578.00M
Shares (diluted) 721.90M 67.22M 79.16M
Enterprise value $13.49B -$404.12M $4.79B

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
MetricWYMERCWFG
P/E 34.5x 0.0x -5.0x
P/FCF -1,199x -0.1x -11.5x
P/Operating cash flow 29.4x -0.2x –
P/S 2.2x 0.0x 1.0x
P/B 1.7x -0.1x 1.0x
P/Tangible book 1.7x -0.1x 1.0x
EV/EBITDA 15.4x -7.7x 33.1x
EV/EBIT 25.1x -4.8x -4.5x
EV/Revenue 2.9x 1.1x 1.1x
EV/FCF -1,584x -15.3x -12.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 38.9x -26.1x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -3.43 0.00 -1.69

Growth

14 metrics
MetricWYMERCWFG
Revenue growth (1Y) -1.1% -3.5% -7.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -3.2% -4.4% -9.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -10.4% -64.0% -10.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -15.4% -30.2% -14.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 32.2% -494.0% -307.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -10.4% -68.8% -108.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 36.9% -187.5% -335.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -10.5% -54.4% -116.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 36.9% -186.4% -346.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -10.1% -53.8% 3.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -40.7% -322.2% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -26.1% -97.8% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 92.0% -107.1% 13.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -26.4% 20.3% 0.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricWYMERCWFG
Gross margin 15.0% 4.1% 24.6%
EBITDA margin 19.1% -13.7% 3.3%
Operating margin 11.7% -22.2% -24.7%
Pretax margin 5.2% -28.6% -25.6%
Net margin 6.5% -27.0% -20.4%
FCF margin -0.2% -6.9% -8.9%
Operating cash flow margin 7.6% -4.1% –
Return on equity 4.8% – -20.3%
Return on assets 2.8% -26.9% –
Return on invested capital 5.5% -20.9% -18.0%
Return on capital employed 5.2% -33.3% –
Asset turnover 0.4x 1.0x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 0.2x –
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% 0.0% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricWYMERCWFG
Debt / assets 32.7% 110.4% –
Debt / equity 0.6x -12.7x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.8x -7.7x 2.1x
Debt / FCF -411.8x -15.7x -1.2x
Liabilities / assets 42.7% 108.7% –
Equity / assets 57.3% -8.7% –
Interest coverage 3.1x -3.4x -42.2x
Current ratio 1.8x 1.2x –
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.6x –
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.1x –
Altman Z-score 2.09 0.01 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricWYMERCWFG
Dividend yield 3.9% 0.0% 1.9%
Net buyback yield 0.3% – –
Shareholder yield 4.1% 0.0% 1.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) 133.8% -1.0% –
Payout ratio (FCF) -4,662% -3.9% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 1.2% -80.0% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -20.5% -41.3% –

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.

ConsensusWYMERCWFG
Forward P/E 90.2xFY2026 – –
EPS, next fiscal year $0.24FY2026 $-3.82FY2026 $-4.90FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +20.0%FY2026 – –
EPS growth, the year after +75.0% – –
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.54BFY2026 $2.01BFY2026 $5.68BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +9.1%FY2026 +7.4%FY2026 +4.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -3.3% +11.6% +6.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersWYMERCWFG
Held by institutions 90.2% 63.8% 49.7%
Institutions holding 905 67 166
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.1% -11.3% +3.1%
Institutions buying 433 27 79
Institutions selling 319 19 55
Buyers to sellers 1.36 1.42 1.44

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.

WYMERCWFG
WY 1.00 0.12 0.58
MERC 0.12 1.00 0.18
WFG 0.58 0.18 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, WY, MERC and WFG?

Weyerhaeuser (WY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Weyerhaeuser (WY) $15.12B, Mercer International (MERC) $17.01M, West Fraser Timber (WFG) $5.35B.

Which company is growing faster?

Weyerhaeuser (WY) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Weyerhaeuser (WY) -1.1%, Mercer International (MERC) -3.5%, West Fraser Timber (WFG) -7.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Weyerhaeuser (WY) has the highest net margin (Weyerhaeuser (WY) 6.5%, Mercer International (MERC) -27.0%, West Fraser Timber (WFG) -20.4%). On return on invested capital, Weyerhaeuser (WY) leads (Weyerhaeuser (WY) 5.5%, Mercer International (MERC) -20.9%, West Fraser Timber (WFG) -18.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year West Fraser Timber (WFG) returned the most: Weyerhaeuser (WY) -3.7%, Mercer International (MERC) -87.0%, West Fraser Timber (WFG) +19.1%. Over five years, West Fraser Timber (WFG) compounded fastest (Weyerhaeuser (WY) -10.8%/yr, Mercer International (MERC) -52.6%/yr, West Fraser Timber (WFG) -3.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Mercer International (MERC) has the highest dividend yield: Weyerhaeuser (WY) 0.04%, Mercer International (MERC) 0.30%, West Fraser Timber (WFG) 0.00%. West Fraser Timber (WFG) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Weyerhaeuser (WY) has been the steadiest (Weyerhaeuser (WY) 28.6%, Mercer International (MERC) 110.6%, West Fraser Timber (WFG) 33.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, WY, MERC and WFG?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Weyerhaeuser (WY) leads on 6. 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.