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WY · Q4 2025 Earnings

Weyerhaeuser

Reported January 29, 2026

30-second summary

Weyerhaeuser closed FY2025 with $1.54B in Q4 FY2025 revenue (-9.8% YoY, -10.3% QoQ) and an adjusted loss of -$0.09 per share — the first negative adjusted quarter of the year — as Wood Products realizations kept eroding (structural lumber $393/MBF down from $405 in Q3 FY2025, OSB $218/MSF down from $231). The bigger signal is in FY2026 capital plans: management set programmatic CapEx at $400–450M (versus FY2025's $380–390M guide) and layered on a new $300M Arkansas EWP facility — a meaningful step-up in capital intensity into a market where Wood Products just posted an adjusted EPS loss, while real estate basis-as-percent-of-sales guidance was widened to 25–35% (from 25–30%), a quiet concession on mix or per-acre quality in FY2026. Monticello FY2026 CapEx was not disclosed, so total FY2026 CapEx could land above the programmatic + Arkansas sum. The Q1 FY2026 EBITDA setup is mixed: Timberlands flat sequentially (atypically weak for Q1 seasonality), Wood Products only "slightly higher," with the Strategic Land Solutions segment carrying ~$90M of sequential EBITDA improvement.

Headline numbers

EPS

Q4 FY2025

$-0.09

Revenue

Q4 FY2025

$1.54B

-9.8% YoY

Gross margin

Q4 FY2025

10.4%

Operating margin

Q4 FY2025

16.3%

Key financials

Q4 FY2025

Metric	Q4 FY2025	YoY	Q3 FY2025	QoQ
Revenue	$1.54B	-9.8%	$1.72B	-10.3%
EPS	$-0.09	—	$0.06	-250.0%
Gross margin	10.4%	—	11.9%	-150bps
Operating margin	16.3%	—	7.2%	+910bps

Guidance

Management guided FY2026 with materially higher capital intensity (~$700M total CapEx including new Arkansas EWP facility) and disclosed segment-level EBITDA targets; FY2025 actuals showed revenue decline of -3.1% YoY despite stabilizing demand into year-end.

Guidance is issued for the full year only, refreshed each quarter. Prior and new below are the same FY updated this quarter.

New guidance

Metric	Period	Guide	YoY
Strategic Land Solutions adjusted EBITDA	FY 2026	approximately $425 million	—
Total company-wide fee harvest volumes	FY 2026	approximately 35.5 million tons	—
Interest expense	FY 2026	approximately $255 million	—
Effective tax rate	FY 2026	between 8 and 12% before special items	—
Non-cash, non-operating pension and post-employment expense	FY 2026	approximately $60 million	—
Timberlands adjusted EBITDA	Q1 FY2026	comparable to Q4 2025	—
Strategic Land Solutions adjusted EBITDA	Q1 FY2026	approximately $90 million higher than Q4 2025	—
Wood Products adjusted EBITDA	Q1 FY2026	slightly higher compared to Q4 2025	—

Changes to prior guidance

Metric	Period	Prior guide	New guide	Δ	Result
Programmatic capital expenditures	FY 2026(prior guide for FY 2025)	$380 to $390 million	between $400 and $450 million	+$20-60M (midpoint: +$30M above prior guidance midpoint)	Raised
EWP facility construction CapEx	FY 2026(prior guide for FY 2025)	approximately $130 million	approximately $300 million	+~$170M (reflects acceleration and scope expansion; prior FY2025 was for Monticello only)	Raised
Real estate basis as percentage of sales	FY 2026(prior guide for FY 2025)	25 to 30%	between 25% and 35%	+5pts at high end (widened range; upper bound increased from 30% to 35%)	Lowered

Segment KPIs

Q4 FY2025

Segment	Q4 FY2025	YoY
Timberlands	$0.487B	-2.0%
Real Estate, Energy & Natural Resources	$0.103B	+19.8%
Wood Products	$1.085B	-14.1%

Other KPIs

Q4 FY2025

Segment	Q4 FY2025
Timberlands Delivered Logs Volume (West)	1,276 thousand tons
Timberlands Delivered Logs Volume (South)	4,089 thousand tons
Timberlands Delivered Logs Volume (North)	204 thousand tons
Structural Lumber Third Party Sales Realization	$393 per thousand board feet
Oriented Strand Board Third Party Sales Realization	$218 per thousand square feet 3/8"
Engineered Solid Section Third Party Sales Realization	$2,928 per thousand cubic feet
Real Estate Acres Sold	4,356 acres
Real Estate Price per Acre	$8,271

Management tone

Q2 FY2025: spring building season softer than expected → Q3 FY2025: historically low pricing, December investor day will give answers → Q4 FY2025: constructive on long-term, accelerating capital deployment despite Q4 FY2025 loss.

The most consequential shift is from defensive cyclical commentary to offensive multi-year capital deployment. Three quarters ago management was lowering CapEx by $40M to preserve cash through the cycle; two quarters ago they trimmed it another $10–20M; this quarter they set FY2026 programmatic CapEx at $400–450M (above the FY2025 $380–390M guide) AND added $300M for a new Arkansas EWP facility. The anchor quote — "we're uniquely positioned to accelerate growth and drive significant value creation for shareholders through the balance of the decade" — is qualitatively different from Q3 FY2025's "extremely challenging" framing. This is management staking conviction on a FY2026–FY2030 growth narrative regardless of trough-quarter optics, which works only if the EWP demand thesis lands.

The deferred substance from the December investor day has now arrived as concrete capital commitments, not as a lumber cost roadmap. Last quarter analysts pressed for a quantified path to Wood Products break-even at sub-$420/MBF lumber; this quarter the answer is structural — build a new EWP facility, expand Strategic Land Solutions to $425M EBITDA — not operational cost takeout in the existing lumber footprint. That's a tell: management has effectively conceded the existing Wood Products cost structure isn't the lever; the lever is changing the product mix toward engineered wood and away from commodity lumber/OSB.

The pricing tone is unchanged from Q3 FY2025. Management still expects "stable domestic log pricing in the first quarter with upside potential if lumber prices further improve" — the same conditional-upside framing as last quarter, with no claim of inflection. The Q1 FY2026 EBITDA color confirms it: Timberlands flat sequentially is atypically weak for Q1, which is normally seasonally stronger.

The Strategic Land Solutions rebrand and the $425M EBITDA target (up from the FY2025 actual of $411M for the predecessor segment) signal that management wants the market to value this business as a separate growth platform. Whether the metric definitions are fully comparable matters — the segment scope now explicitly includes climate solutions as a separate line — but the directional message is unambiguous: ENR/Real Estate is the growth story management is selling for FY2026.

Recurring themes management leaned on this quarter:

Pricing recovery from trough levels driven primarily by supply-side curtailmentsClimate solutions acceleration and biocarbon partnership expansionPortfolio optimization enhancing cash flow qualityTimberlands rebalancing across regions with export growth resumptionHousing market stabilization contingent on mortgage rates and consumer confidenceMargin improvement through operational excellence amid cyclical pressure

Risks management surfaced:

Continued weak lumber and OSB pricing if demand doesn't materialize with spring building seasonChinese real estate weakness limiting log export volumes despite lifting of import banElevated log inventories at southern mills constraining pricingSingle-family housing starts remain depressed and may not recover quicklyRegulatory changes in Washington state potentially impacting harvest operations

Answers to last quarter's watch list

December investor day substance on lumber cost roadmap — Management did not provide a quantified per-MBF cost takeout plan or specific mill closures. Instead, the response is structural: $300M for a new Arkansas EWP facility plus expanded Strategic Land Solutions targeting $425M EBITDA. The implied answer is that the lumber cost curve will be addressed via product mix shift over years, not via near-term operational restructuring. Status: Resolved negatively

Leverage trajectory and explicit FY2026 contingency — Press release does not disclose updated net debt/EBITDA ratio, and the heavy FY2026 CapEx plan implies leverage will rise modestly absent EBITDA recovery. No explicit dividend or buyback contingency tied to a stress scenario was disclosed. Status: Continue monitoring

Real Estate/ENR Q4 FY2025 EBITDA implied by the ~$390M FY guide — Q4 FY2025 RE/ENR adjusted EBITDA was $95M and FY2025 total reached $411M, moderately exceeding the ~$390M revised guide. Price per acre of $8,271 (up from $5,128 in Q3 FY2025) confirms favorable HBU mix in Q4 FY2025. Status: Resolved positively

Lumber and OSB realizations through Q4 FY2025 — Both moved lower: structural lumber $405 → $393/MBF, OSB $231 → $218/MSF. Q4 FY2025's adjusted EPS loss of -$0.09 is the direct consequence; Wood Products went deeper into the trough rather than stabilizing. Status: Resolved negatively

NAV/stock-price disconnect response at investor day — The response is a capital deployment pivot, not a buyback or divestiture acceleration. Management chose to accelerate Arkansas EWP construction and Strategic Land Solutions growth — a long-cycle reinvestment answer to the valuation question rather than a near-term capital return answer. Status: Resolved negatively for investors who wanted accelerated capital returns; the answer is "we'll grow into the multiple."

Natural Climate Solutions $100M exit run-rate verification — Management confirmed exceeding the $100M target, citing $119M of FY2025 climate solutions adjusted EBITDA, and announced a new $250M EBITDA target by 2030. Status: Resolved positively

What to watch into next quarter

Q1 FY2026 Timberlands EBITDA print vs the "comparable to Q4 FY2025" guide — Q1 is historically seasonally stronger than Q4 for Timberlands; flat sequential EBITDA implies underlying demand or pricing weakness. A miss to this guide (i.e. Q1 FY2026 below Q4 FY2025) would force a FY2026 EBITDA reset before the seasonal recovery story has a chance.

Lumber and OSB realizations bottoming or continuing lower from $393/MBF and $218/MSF — Track weekly composites; sustained sub-$390 lumber pricing into Q1 FY2026 means Wood Products stays in adjusted loss territory and pressures the FY2026 CapEx plan's funding optics.

Strategic Land Solutions Q1 FY2026 EBITDA delivery of ~$90M sequential lift — This is the most concrete near-term EBITDA commitment management made. If the segment delivers, the FY2026 $425M target gains credibility; if it slips, the FY2026 EBITDA bridge gets significantly harder.

Real estate basis-as-percent-of-sales tracking within the 25–35% range — The widened upper bound is the quiet FY2026 margin warning. Watch where the Q1 FY2026 print lands within the band; trending toward 35% would confirm the mix/quality concern.

Arkansas EWP facility scope, timeline, and Monticello FY2026 CapEx disclosure — The $300M FY2026 Arkansas figure is for a new facility incremental to Monticello. Watch for capacity figures, expected completion date, the still-undisclosed Monticello FY2026 spend, and incremental CapEx beyond FY2026.

FY2026 leverage trajectory under elevated CapEx — If EBITDA remains depressed and CapEx steps up materially, net debt/EBITDA will rise. Watch the Q1 FY2026 print for leverage disclosure and whether management adjusts dividend posture or signals incremental debt issuance.

Sources

Weyerhaeuser Q4 FY2025 earnings press release (SEC EDGAR): https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106535/000119312526029351/wy-ex99_2.htm
Weyerhaeuser Q4 FY2025 earnings call prepared remarks (used for FY2026 segment guidance and qualitative outlook).

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