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Bullboard - Stock Discussion Forum West Fraser Timber Co Ltd T.WFG

Alternate Symbol(s):  WFG

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. is a diversified wood products company. The Company is engaged in manufacturing, selling, marketing and distributing lumber, engineered wood products, including oriented strand board (OSB), laminated veneer lumber (LVL), medium-density fiberboard (MDF), plywood, particleboard, pulp, newsprint, wood chips and other residuals and renewable energy. Its products are used... see more

TSX:WFG - Post Discussion

West Fraser Timber Co Ltd > Share buybacks
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Post by Frost19 on Apr 04, 2022 10:56am

Share buybacks

I see WFG increased the share buybacks tremendously once the share price dropped below $110 in mid March. 

Last 2 weekends ended with about 120k shares bought per day! That’s over 1% of the entire company!

We won't see April's numbers until May but as the share price has continued it's decline, I am guessing they are buying even more at these levels. 

The share price dropping sucks but the share price always moves up and down for macro reasons that the company can't control. All management can do is be efficient with the share buyback program and they have been doing great at that.
I've owned gold companies that bought back shares in the recent couple years at the high point of share price and it just felt like a waste so it's nice to see it being done properly that way at least.
Comment by Dadsaid2 on Apr 04, 2022 12:08pm
2 things...1. They have to do something withthe mountians of cash lying around so share buybacks are it. Why pay the loyal shareholder anything extra in form of increased or special dividend? Number 2. In the current uncertain market, investment dollars are moving around and searching for yield. Since WFG doesnt deliver those investors (who could help the share price by buying it) simply ignore ...more