Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. WFG scored 14.1, BCC scored 40.5 — BCC leads.
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Different reporting periods. BCC's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but WFG's are as of December 2025 — a 6-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
WFG
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.
Lumber & Wood Production · Quality-Growth
14.1
$64.25 · $5.0B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
26.4
BCC leads
BCC
Boise Cascade Company
Lumber & Wood Production · Quality-Growth
40.5
$73.57 · $2.6B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthBCC-1.5%
Strongest balance sheetWFG0.07
Highest qualityBCC53 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
WFG
stronger →← stronger
BCC
34
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
53
14
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
42
6
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
30
BCC is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
WFG
BCC
-$315mF
FCF
$103mC
-11.5%D
Rev
-1.5%D+
0.07A-
D/E
0.27B+
0.9xA-
P/S
—
—
PEG
2.94C
—
P/E
25.0xC+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
WFG
BCC
—
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
76% above
—
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~18%/yr
—
1-yr DCF upside
-43%
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5-yr DCF upside
-43%
—
10-yr DCF upside
-44%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
WFG
Why this score
Buying back stock
BCC
Why this score
Buying back stock
The companies
WFGWest Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.
Lumber & Wood Production · $64.25 · beta 1.14
Why now
Lumber & Wood Production · market cap $5.0b. 17% off the 52-week high of $76.99. Revenue -12% — in contraction; any catalyst that reverses this triggers re-rating. 6 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $86.50 (implying +35% upside).
Moat
Turnaround / out-of-favor name — GAAP-unprofitable for now, so the durability case is forward-looking: it rests on a recovery (margin normalization, a cyclical upturn or restructuring) or an un-monetized asset (IP / network effects / first-mover position) rather than on current reported results.
Risk
Free cash flow is negative (-$315m) — capital raises or debt issuance likely required; dilution / leverage risk. Revenue contracting -12% — the operational turn is not yet visible in the top line. Currently unprofitable (margin -17.2%) — path to GAAP profitability is the core thesis risk.
BCCBoise Cascade Company
Lumber & Wood Production · $73.57 · beta 1.05
Why now
Lumber & Wood Production · market cap $2.6b. Down 20% from 52-week high of $91.97 — deep drawdown territory. 6 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $96.50 (implying +31% upside).
Moat
FCF converts 98% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Net margin 1.6% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first. ROE 5% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where WFG and BCC diverge
On the headline score the gap is 26.4 points in favor of BCC. The widest single difference is Growth, where BCC leads by 28.0 points.
GrowthWFG 13.8 · BCC 41.8BCC +28.0
ValueWFG 6.0 · BCC 29.7BCC +23.7
QualityWFG 34.1 · BCC 53.4BCC +19.3
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is BCC or WFG the better stock?
BCC scores higher: BCC 40.5, WFG 14.1 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do BCC and WFG differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where BCC leads by 28 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. BCC leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are BCC and WFG scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.