Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, integrated forest products company Weyerhaeuser
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Weyerhaeuser's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Weyerhaeuser facts
| Headquarters (founded) | Federal Way, Wash. (1900) |
| Market Cap | $11.2 billion |
| Industry | Specialized REITs |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $6.3 billion |
| Management | CEO Daniel Fulton (since 2008) CFO Patricia Bedient (since 2007) |
| Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 10.1% |
| Cash/Debt | $728 million / $4.5 billion |
| Dividend Yield | 2.9% |
| Competitors |
Canfor Louisiana-Pacific Plum Creek Timber |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 86% of the 513 members who have rated Weyerhaeuser believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those bulls, BYRDJD, succinctly summed up the opportunity:
Quality timber holdings concentrated in the fast growing areas in the southern US. The market for timber hasn't been good for years, but buying low is one of the [tenets] of investing. The business can be managed by the brain-dead, harvest old trees, plant new trees, thin occasionally for pulp, then harvest. Sorta like farming in slow motion.
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