Lumber & wood production

5 companies · $20.1B combined revenue · $160M operating profit

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The typical US-listed lumber & wood production company grew revenue -5% and earnings -32.8% in its latest year, at a 7.7% operating margin, and 1 of 5 earn a return on capital above 15%. Figures from each company's latest annual filing with the SEC, refreshed daily.

-5%Median revenue growth
-32.8%Median earnings growth
-11.1%Median revenue growth, 3 yrs
-24.5%Median earnings growth, 3 yrs
7.7%Median operating margin
9.5%Median ROCE
Fastest revenue growthTREX TREX2%Fastest earnings growthTREX TREX-20.1%Highest ROCETREX TREX21.4%Biggest margin gainUfp Industries UFPI-1.6 pts

Growth engines: the 4 Cylinders

All four working: 0% of companies

A company's earnings per share can grow in only four ways: more sales, profits growing faster than sales (operating leverage), wider margins, and less debt. Each bar is the share of companies where that engine worked in their latest year.

  • Sales growth · Revenue up 10% or more0%
  • Operating leverage · Operating income growing faster than a growing revenue0%
  • Margin expansion · Operating margin up 1 point or more0%
  • Debt reduction · Debt down 5% or more, or net cash25%

Combined revenue · 5 companies reporting in US dollars

Revenue
$0$10B$20B$30BFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25

Combined operating margin

Operating margin
0%10%20%30%FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25

All 5 companies

Median–-5%-32.8%7.7%9.5%0.14x
WFGWest Fraser Timber$5.5B-11.5%▼–-21.7%▼-17%▼0.05x▲
LPXLouisiana-Pacific$2.7B-7.9%▼-65.2%▼7.7%8.9%▼0.20x▼
FBINFortune Brands Innovations$4.5B-3.2%▲-36.7%▼11.6%▲9.5%1.07x▼
TREXTREX$1.2B2%▲-20.1%▲22%▲21.4%▲–
UFPIUfp Industries$6.3B-5%-28.9%▲5.8%▼10.3%▲0.08x▲

▲ better than the median, ▼ worse. n/a: the ratio doesn't apply to that kind of business (e.g. a bank's operating margin). Sort by any column. Figures from each company's latest 10-K (or 20-F/40-F).