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XBRL · SEC EDGAR2007–2025(19yr)| Metric | FY 2007 | FY 2008 | FY 2009 | FY 2010 | FY 2011 | FY 2012 | FY 2013 | FY 2014 | FY 2015 | FY 2016 | FY 2017 | FY 2018 | FY 2019 | FY 2020 | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025Latest | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $10.9B | $8.1B | $5.5B | $6.6B | $6.2B | $7.1B | $8.5B | $7.4B | $7.1B | $6.4B | $7.2B | $7.5B | $6.6B | $7.5B | $10.2B | $10.2B | $7.7B | $7.1B | $6.9B | -3.1% |
| Net Income | $790.0M | -$1.2B | -$545.0M | $1.3B | $331.0M | $385.0M | $563.0M | $1.8B | $506.0M | $1.0B | $582.0M | $748.0M | -$76.0M | $797.0M | $2.6B | $1.9B | $839.0M | $396.0M | $324.0M | -18.2% |
| FFO | — | -$550.0M | -$7.0M | $1.8B | $811.0M | $841.0M | $1.0B | $2.3B | $985.0M | $1.5B | $1.1B | $1.2B | $434.0M | $1.3B | $3.1B | $2.4B | $1.3B | $898.0M | $833.0M | -7.2% |
| FFO Margin | — | -6.8% | -0.1% | 27.2% | 13.0% | 11.9% | 12.1% | 31.3% | 13.9% | 24.2% | 15.3% | 16.5% | 6.6% | 16.8% | 30.2% | 23.2% | 17.4% | 12.6% | 12.1% | -0.5pp |
| Operating Income | -$93.0M | -$2.6B | -$447.0M | $468.0M | $594.0M | $735.0M | $747.0M | $1.3B | $919.0M | $870.0M | $1.1B | $1.4B | $651.0M | $1.7B | $3.6B | $3.1B | $1.2B | $685.0M | $731.0M | +6.7% |
| Operating Margin | -0.9% | -32.1% | -8.1% | 7.1% | 9.6% | 10.4% | 8.8% | 17.8% | 13.0% | 13.7% | 15.7% | 18.6% | 9.9% | 22.7% | 35.7% | 30.2% | 15.5% | 9.6% | 10.6% | +1.0pp |
| Net Margin | 7.2% | -14.5% | -9.9% | 19.6% | 5.3% | 5.5% | 6.6% | 24.7% | 7.1% | 16.1% | 8.1% | 10.0% | -1.2% | 10.6% | 25.6% | 18.5% | 10.9% | 5.6% | 4.7% | -0.9pp |
| EPS (Diluted) | $3.60 | $-5.57 | $-2.58 | $3.99 | $0.61 | $0.71 | $0.95 | $3.18 | $0.89 | $1.39 | $0.77 | $0.99 | $-0.10 | $1.07 | $3.47 | $2.53 | $1.15 | $0.54 | $0.45 | -16.7% |
1. THE BIG PICTURE
Weyerhaeuser is essentially a massive bet on U.S. residential construction wrapped in a tax-efficient REIT structure. While it controls a vast, integrated supply chain from sapling to sawmill, its financial results are currently tethered to high interest rates that have stifled homebuilding and sent its annual revenue into a 3.1% decline (XBRL).
2. WHERE THE RISKS HIT HARDEST
Weyerhaeuser’s "Integrated Business Model" is threatened by "Macroeconomic Cyclicality" because its manufacturing facilities rely on steady housing demand to move product; when mortgage rates rise, the Wood Products segment can swing from profit to a $78 million pretax charge (8-K). Furthermore, its "Sustainability Leadership" and "Carbon Record" are physically vulnerable to "Timberland Asset Risks" like fire and disease (10-K Item 1). Because Weyerhaeuser does not maintain insurance for its standing timber, a single severe weather event or infestation could permanently impair the very assets driving its climate and carbon sequestration strategy (10-K Item 1A).
3. WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY TOGETHER
The financial data reveals a company whose massive physical scale does not currently translate into pricing power or superior efficiency. Despite being the largest private timberland owner in North America, Weyerhaeuser maintains a gross margin of just 15.8%—the lowest among its diversified REIT peers—and an operating margin of 7.9% that trails peer leaders by more than 40 percentage points (XBRL). While management characterizes 2025 as a year of "solid execution," the TTMTTMTrailing Twelve Months — the most recent full year of financial data, updated on a rolling basis each quarter revenue growth of -3.1% is the worst in its peer group (8-K, XBRL). This divergence is structural: as a price-taker in commodity wood markets, Weyerhaeuser is highly susceptible to margin compression when labor, fuel, and insurance costs rise, even as its own harvest volumes remain steady (10-K Item 1A). Short interest remains low at 2.5% of the float, suggesting the market is not betting on a collapse, but rather waiting for a housing recovery to clear the current inventory of high-cost wood products (Yahoo Finance).
4. IS IT WORTH IT AT THIS PRICE?
Weyerhaeuser is currently priced for a recovery that has not yet materialized in its financial statements. At 22.3x P/FFO, it trades at a slight premium to the peer median of 21.0x, despite having the slowest growth in the group (XBRL). At this multiple, the market is pricing in approximately 5.7% long-term growth (CAPM analysis). This appears aggressive given that Weyerhaeuser’s recent revenue growth is negative and its Wood Products segment reported a net charge to earnings in the most recent quarter (8-K). If long-term growth instead tracks closer to the GDP-pace of 2.5%, the justified valuation would drop to 13.0x P/FFO—a significant downside from current levels (CAPM analysis). While investors may be paying a "quality premium" for its land holdings, the 3.4% dividend yield is lower than peers like Realty Income (5.0%), making the income case less compelling than other REIT alternatives (XBRL).
5. WHAT WOULD CHANGE THIS VIEW?
- Constructive if the Wood Products segment returns to positive pretax contributions, signaling that the $78 million charge in the fourth quarter was the floor of the current housing cycle (8-K).
- Cautious if "AVO 2.0" technology fails to accelerate Real Estate sales, which remained flat at $103 million in the most recent quarter despite management’s focus on "higher-value uses" (8-K).
- Cautious if the value of Taxable REIT Subsidiaries (TRSs) approaches the 25% regulatory limit, which could force Weyerhaeuser to divest manufacturing assets regardless of market conditions (10-K Item 1A).
6. BOTTOM LINE
Structural Advantage: A massive, integrated land-and-mill footprint that allows Weyerhaeuser to capture the full margin of the timber lifecycle while generating 70% of its own manufacturing energy from wood by-products. Bottom Line: Weyerhaeuser is a portfolio of high-quality assets currently trapped in a low-quality macro environment, trading at a premium that its current earnings trajectory cannot justify.
1. Top 5 Material Risks
- Macroeconomic Cyclicality: Weyerhaeuser’s sales and profitability are tied to fluctuations in end-user demand, which is sensitive to employment levels, consumer confidence, and interest rates. Any stagnation in these conditions directly reduces sales volumes and margins.
- Housing Market Sensitivity: Weyerhaeuser is heavily dependent on the U.S. housing market, specifically new home construction and remodeling. Factors such as mortgage availability, underwriting standards, and interest rate hikes—which remain well above pre-2022 levels—can suppress demand for wood products.
- Operational Disruptions: Manufacturing facilities are subject to unexpected shutdowns from equipment failure, labor issues, cyberattacks, or natural disasters. Such downtime impairs the ability to meet production targets and may necessitate significant unplanned capital expenditures.
- Timberland Asset Risks: Weyerhaeuser’s primary assets are subject to damage from fire, insect infestation, disease, and severe weather. Because Weyerhaeuser does not maintain insurance for damage to its standing timber, material damage to a significant portion of these assets would directly impact net income and cash flow.
- Trade Policy and Tariffs: Recent U.S. trade policies, including a 10% universal baseline tariff and specific duties on Canadian imports, increase costs for raw materials and finished goods. Retaliatory tariffs from countries like China and Canada further threaten export revenues and margins.
2. Company-Specific Risks
- REIT Qualification Constraints: Weyerhaeuser must adhere to complex Internal Revenue Code requirements to maintain REIT status. Failure to comply could result in the loss of dividend deductions and the imposition of corporate-level income taxes for four years.
- Pension Plan Funding: Volatility in interest rates and lower-than-expected returns on pension assets may require Weyerhaeuser to make significant additional cash contributions to its defined benefit plans.
- Strategic Initiative Execution: Weyerhaeuser is investing significant capital in a new TimberStrand® manufacturing facility. Realizing projected financial benefits depends on timely construction, government approvals, and the performance of third-party vendors.
- Joint Venture Exposure: Weyerhaeuser participates in joint ventures where it lacks control. Partners may take actions contrary to Weyerhaeuser’s interests, potentially hindering the achievement of strategic goals.
3. Regulatory/Legal Risks
- Environmental Compliance: Weyerhaeuser faces substantial costs to comply with laws governing air emissions, wastewater, and endangered species habitat protection. Violations can lead to civil or criminal fines, mandatory pollution control equipment installation, and third-party property damage claims.
- Climate Change Regulation: International and state-level initiatives to tax carbon emissions or mandate cleaner energy could increase operating costs for mills and limit harvest levels on commercial timberlands.
- Prohibited Transactions Tax: If the IRS determines that activities conducted by the REIT (rather than its TRSs) constitute "prohibited transactions," Weyerhaeuser could be subject to a 100% tax on the net income from those activities.
- Litigation Exposure: Weyerhaeuser is involved in various legal matters, including product liability and contractual disputes. Adverse judgments could require cash payments that materially affect financial results for the period in which they are recorded.
4. Financial Impact Map
Macroeconomic Cyclicality → Sales and Profitability → Lower sales volumes and reduced margins during industry downturns. Housing Market Sensitivity → Demand for Wood Products → Reduced revenue due to lower demand for new home construction and remodeling. Operational Disruptions → Net Income → Lower income due to production shortfalls and unplanned capital expenditures for facility repairs. Timberland Asset Risks → Net Income and Cash Flow → Direct reduction in earnings due to lack of insurance coverage for standing timber damage. Trade Policy and Tariffs → Cost of Goods Sold / Operating Expenses → Increased costs for imported raw materials and reduced margins on exported products due to tariffs.
Recent Filings
| Form | Filed | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 10-K | Feb 2026 | Dec 2025 |
| 8-K | Jan 2026 | — |
| 10-Q | Oct 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| 14A | Mar 2025 | — |