Forest Products

Weyerhaeuser Co. (WY) recently sold off its six short line railroads to Patriot Rail Corp, a privately-held short line and regional freight railroad holding company. The transaction was made effective from December 30, 2010. The assets under consideration, operate over 160 miles of track in...

Weyerhaeuser Co. (WY) recently sold off its six short line railroads to Patriot Rail Corp, a privately-held short line and regional freight railroad holding company. The transaction was made effective from December 30, 2010. The assets under consideration, operate over 160 miles of track in...

Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. (PCL), a real estate investment trust (REIT) owning and managing timberlands in the U.S., has recently repaid $463 million debt utilizing the proceeds of $575 million from 4.7% bond issued earlier. The company fully repaid $250 million term-credit agreement scheduled to...

Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. (PCL), a real estate investment trust (REIT) owning and managing timberlands in the U.S., has recently repaid $463 million debt utilizing the proceeds of $575 million from 4.7% bond issued earlier. The company fully repaid $250 million term-credit agreement scheduled to...

Below are the top small-cap lumber, wood production stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of dividend yield. Koppers Holdings Inc (NYSE: KOP) has a dividend yield of 2.80%. KOP's shares closed at $35.54 on Friday. American Woodmark Corporation (NASDAQ: AMWD) has a dividend yield of 1.50%. AMWD...

Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. (PCL), a real estate investment trust (REIT) owning and managing timberlands in the U.S., has recently secured a new $600 million revolving credit facility scheduled to mature in January 2015. The new credit facility replaces the existing $750 million revolving credit...

Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. (PCL), a real estate investment trust (REIT) owning and managing timberlands in the U.S., has recently secured a new $600 million revolving credit facility scheduled to mature in January 2015. The new credit facility replaces the existing $750 million revolving credit...

Weyerhaeuser Co. (WY) came out with its dividend guidance for the fiscal year 2011 on December 13. The company's board of directors expects paying a 15 cent per share quarterly dividend in 2011. The announced quarterly rate is three times the company's previous dividend rate of 5 cents and...

Weyerhaeuser Co. (WY) came out with its dividend guidance for the fiscal year 2011 on December 13. The company's board of directors expects paying a 15 cent per share quarterly dividend in 2011. The announced quarterly rate is three times the company's previous dividend rate of 5 cents and...

Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY) today announced the dividend guidance its board of directors is providing for 2011. Weyerhaeuser anticipates paying a quarterly dividend of 15 cents per share, or 60 cents per share on an annualized basis, with the first dividend payment expected to occur in March...

Johnson Controls Inc (NYSE: JCI) was downgraded by Deutsche Bank from "buy" to "hold." JCI's shares closed at $39.00 yesterday Johnson Controls' trailing-twelve-month ROA is 4.27%. 3M Company (NYSE: MMM) was downgraded by Goldman from "buy" to "neutral." MMM's stock closed at $84.19 yesterday. 3M's...

Analysts at UBS downgrade Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY) from "buy" to "neutral." The target price for WY is set to $18. WY's shares gained 0.79% to close at $17.84 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. (PCL), a real estate investment trust (REIT) owning and managing timberlands in the U.S., has recently completed the third and final phase of the Montana forestland sale to ‘The Nature Conservancy and The Trust for Public Land'. The company has received $89 million in...

Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. (PCL), a real estate investment trust (REIT) owning and managing timberlands in the U.S., has recently completed the third and final phase of the Montana forestland sale to ‘The Nature Conservancy and The Trust for Public Land'. The company has received $89 million in...