Forest product manufacturer and supplier, Weyerhaeuser Company (WY - Free Report) yesterday announced that it has sold its 21% equity interest in Twin Creeks Timber LLC (Twin Creeks). The company also communicated the signing of an agreement to dispose 100,000 acres of Southern Timberlands to Twin Creeks. Net cash proceeds from the both transactions are estimated to be $310 million.
We believe the deals are in sync with the company’s strategic initiatives to concentrate on its core timber, land and forest products business.
Quarter to date, Weyerhaeuser’s shares have yielded 1.6% return, marginally outperforming 1.4% gain of the industry it belongs to.
Details of the Transactions
Twin Creeks was formed in 2015 as a joint venture between Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc., Silver Creek Capital Management and other institutional investors. This association gives institutions an option to invest in high quality timber assets.
When Weyerhaeuser merged with Plum Creek Timber Company (Plum Creek) in February 2016, it attained the controlling ownership stake of 21% in Twin Creeks from Plum Creek. Additionally, the company became the manager of timberland assets owned by Twin Creeks.
Now, Weyerhaeuser has exited as the stakeholder in Twin Creeks for $107.5 million in cash and has agreed on selling 100,000 acres of Southern Timberlands to the latter for $202.5 million cash. The to-be-disposed timberland includes 80,000 acres in Mississippi and 20,000 acres in Georgia. The company anticipates closing its timberland disposition deal by the end of 2017. Also, the company will stop managing Twin Creeks’ timberland assets effective Dec 31.
No material gain or loss is anticipated from Weyerhaeuser’s aforementioned transactions.
Zacks Rank & Other Stocks to Consider
With a market capitalization of $26 billion, Weyerhaeuser currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). The company is scheduled to report its third-quarter 2017 results on Oct 27, before the market opens.
Over the last 60 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the stock increased roughly 1% to $1.05 for 2017 and 2.5% to $1.24 for 2018. Estimates for the third quarter is currently pegged at 31 cents.
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Forest product manufacturer and supplier, Weyerhaeuser Company (WY - Free Report) yesterday announced that it has sold its 21% equity interest in Twin Creeks Timber LLC (Twin Creeks). The company also communicated the signing of an agreement to dispose 100,000 acres of Southern Timberlands to Twin Creeks. Net cash proceeds from the both transactions are estimated to be $310 million.
We believe the deals are in sync with the company’s strategic initiatives to concentrate on its core timber, land and forest products business.
Quarter to date, Weyerhaeuser’s shares have yielded 1.6% return, marginally outperforming 1.4% gain of the industry it belongs to.
Details of the Transactions
Twin Creeks was formed in 2015 as a joint venture between Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc., Silver Creek Capital Management and other institutional investors. This association gives institutions an option to invest in high quality timber assets.
When Weyerhaeuser merged with Plum Creek Timber Company (Plum Creek) in February 2016, it attained the controlling ownership stake of 21% in Twin Creeks from Plum Creek. Additionally, the company became the manager of timberland assets owned by Twin Creeks.
Now, Weyerhaeuser has exited as the stakeholder in Twin Creeks for $107.5 million in cash and has agreed on selling 100,000 acres of Southern Timberlands to the latter for $202.5 million cash. The to-be-disposed timberland includes 80,000 acres in Mississippi and 20,000 acres in Georgia. The company anticipates closing its timberland disposition deal by the end of 2017. Also, the company will stop managing Twin Creeks’ timberland assets effective Dec 31.
No material gain or loss is anticipated from Weyerhaeuser’s aforementioned transactions.
Zacks Rank & Other Stocks to Consider
With a market capitalization of $26 billion, Weyerhaeuser currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). The company is scheduled to report its third-quarter 2017 results on Oct 27, before the market opens.
Over the last 60 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the stock increased roughly 1% to $1.05 for 2017 and 2.5% to $1.24 for 2018. Estimates for the third quarter is currently pegged at 31 cents.
Weyerhaeuser Company Price and Consensus
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From thousands of stocks, 5 Zacks experts each have chosen their favorite to skyrocket +100% or more in months to come. From those 5, Director of Research Sheraz Mian hand-picks one to have the most explosive upside of all.
It’s a little-known chemical company that’s up 65% over last year, yet still dirt cheap. With unrelenting demand, soaring 2022 earnings estimates, and $1.5 billion for repurchasing shares, retail investors could jump in at any time.
This company could rival or surpass other recent Zacks’ Stocks Set to Double like Boston Beer Company which shot up +143.0% in little more than 9 months and NVIDIA which boomed +175.9% in one year.
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