Interfor Corp T.IFP

Alternate Symbol(s): IFSPF

Forest Products Lumber & Wood Production

Interfor Corporation is a Canada-based forest products company. The Company and its subsidiaries produce wood products in Canada and the United States for sale to markets around the world. It operates through the solid wood products segment. The Company’s product categories include Dimension Lumber, Specialty Lumber and Engineered Wood Products. Its products include Spruce-Pine-Fir, Douglas Fir-Larch, Hem-Fir, Southern Yellow Pine, Western Red Cedar, Douglas Fir-Larch, and P3-Joist. Its sawmills provide a diverse range of sustainable products to supply North American markets with a complete offering of framing materials. Its Western Red Cedar products include Elite Decking, Elite Fascia & Boards, Elite V-Joint Paneling, Elite Fineline Paneling, Elite Channel/Lap Siding, Elite Bevel Siding and Elite Shadow Gap Siding. It has an annual lumber production capacity of approximately 5.0 billion board feet and offers a diverse line of lumber products to customers around the world.

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FP Equities Rallied Last Week, in Tandem with Broader Markets Lumber and OSB Price Declines have Accelerated

Following two months of sharp volatility, most forest product equities in our coverage universe rallied last week. The average share-price improvement of 5.1% for our coverage universe last week compared with gains of 2.7% for the S&P/TSX Composite and 6.6% for the S&P 500. Forest product sector improvement was led by lumber and panel-weighted equities (+7.5% for the week). On average, the share prices of our coverage universe are 18.3% below year-to-date peaks.
Lumber prices are still falling as demand slows. The benchmark Western SPF 2x4 price declined 17% last week to US$750/Mfbm — the lowest point since early- December 2021 and 46% below the mid-March 2022 high. Price declines were less severe in other regions (e.g., the Southern Pine Composite declined 8% last week), but remain steep. Market reports referenced rising producer inventories (confirmed by Canfor's announcement on May 26 of extended Q2/22 downtime at its western Canadian sawmills).
OSB prices have held up better than lumber, of-late. The benchmark North Central OSB price declined 3% week-over-week to US$740/Msf and has been treading water since mid-April. Price declines in the U.S. South and western Canada were sharper (down 8-10% w/w). Commentary noted downtime related to a fire at Tolko's High Prairie, Alberta mill mitigating slow demand.
Amid tight supply, broad positive price momentum for domestic pulp and paper continues in Q2/22. North American newsprint and printing & writing paper prices increased 5-7% over the past two months. North American list pulp prices increased 4% in May; Domtar and IP have led the way with proposed June price increases for paper-grade softwood kraft and fluff pulp in June. Price gains have moderated in China (the leading destination for market pulp), but reports note ongoing tight supply in North America following widespread downtime and consistent transportation bottlenecks.