Section1: Company Overview

Western Forest Products Inc (TSX: WEF) is a Canada-based softwood forest products company. The company's principal business activities include timber harvesting, reforestation, forest management, sawmilling logs into lumber and wood chips, and value-added lumber remanufacturing. Its operating business segment is comprised of Timber harvesting, Log sales, and Lumber manufacturing and sales. This Report covers the Investment Highlights, Key Financial Metrics, Risks, Technical Analysis along with the Valuation, Target Price, and Recommendation on the stock.

1.1 The Key Positives, Negatives, Investment Highlights, and Risks

Section2:  Financial Highlights

 2.1 Key Financial Highlights

Section 3:  Stock Recommendation Summary

3.1 Valuation Methodology

Valuation Methodology (Illustrative): EV to Sales Value based Illustrative Relative Valuation 

 3.2 Price Performance and Stock Recommendation

The stock has witnessed a downside of ~0.94% in 1 month and ~5.40% over the last 3 months respectively. Moreover, the stock is trading below the average of 52-week high price of CAD 1.68 and 52-week low price of CAD 1.01, providing an opportunity to accumulate the stock. Western Forest Products Inc (TSX: WEF) was last covered in a report dated ‘3^rd February 2023’.

3.3 One-Year Technical Price Chart

One-Year Technical Price Chart (as of June 29, 2023). Source: REFINITIV, Analysis: Kalkine Group

3.4 Technical Summary

Note 1: Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.

Note 2: The reference date for all price data, currency, technical indicators, support, and resistance levels as on June 29, 2023. The reference data in this report has been partly sourced from REFINITIV.

Note 3: Investment decisions should be made depending on an individual's appetite for upside potential, risks, holding duration, and any previous holdings. An 'Exit' from the stock can be considered if the Target Price mentioned as per the Valuation and or the technical levels provided has been achieved and is subject to the factors discussed above.

Technical Indicators Defined: -

Support: A level at which the stock prices tend to find support if they are falling, and a downtrend may take a pause backed by demand or buying interest.

Resistance: A level at which the stock prices tend to find resistance when they are rising, and the uptrend may take a pause due to profit booking or selling interest.

Stop-loss: In general, it is a level to protect further losses in case of any unfavourable movement in the stock prices.

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