Weyerhaeuser News

In an effort to raise funds from the capital market, Weyerhaeuser Company , recently announced the public offering of its common shares and convertible preference shares.

A Weyerhaeuser Co. employee works outside in a Lebanon lumber yard in this 2007 file photo.

Several other analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Analysts at BMO Capital Markets reiterated a "market perform" rating on shares of Weyerhaeuser in a research note to investors on Tuesday.

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Weyerhaeuser Company announced today that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, 28,000,000 of its common shares in a registered public offering, subject to market and other customary conditions.

A logging truck passes the Weyerhaeuser Pulp Mill in a Cosmopolis, Wash. in a 2005 file photo.

Weyerhaeuser Company today announced its board of directors has elected Doyle Simons, age 49, president and chief executive officer, effective August 1, 2013.

The transaction is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions and is expected to close in that are highly complementary and contiguous with the company's existing acreage.

's stock had its "buy" rating reiterated by TheStreet in a research note issued on Friday, Stock Ratings Network.com reports.

Weyerhaeuser opened at 29.03 on Monday. Weyerhaeuser has a 52-week low of $20.06 and a 52-week high of $33.24.

's stock had its "buy" rating reaffirmed by research analysts at TheStreet in a report released on Tuesday, AnalystRatingsNetwork.com reports.

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Weyerhaeuser opened at 29.701 on Friday. Weyerhaeuser has a 1-year low of $18.70 and a 1-year high of $33.24. The stock's 50-day moving average is currently $31.12. The company has a market cap of $16.266 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.33. Weyerhaeuser last announced its earnings results on Friday, April 26th.

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's stock had its "buy" rating reiterated by equities research analysts at TheStreet in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, Analyst Ratings.Net reports.

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