Weyerhaeuser Company WY

Competitive advantage analysis · real-estate

REIT Specialized
Overall moat score
25/100
Weak

Ranked against 23 peers in REIT - Specialty

About Weyerhaeuser Company

Weyerhaeuser Company, one of the world's largest private owners of timberlands, began operations in 1900. Today the firm owns or controls more than 10 million acres of timberlands in the U.S., as well as additional public timberlands managed under long-term licenses in Canada. Weyerhaeuser has been a global leader in sustainability for more than a century and manages 100 percent … Full WY analysis →

Key strengths

  • Conservative Leverage Leverage is conservative (score 0.63), providing refinancing flexibility.

Key risks

  • Weak NOI Margins NOI margins lag peers (score 0.13), indicating weak pricing power.
  • Weak AFFO Coverage AFFO generation is weak (score 0.22), threatening dividend sustainability.

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Rent Pricing Power

Weak
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Where WY ranks in REIT - Specialty

Weyerhaeuser Company ranks #19 of 21 scored companies in REIT - Specialty by moat score — the top 90%. The widest moat in the group is Gaming and Leisure Properties, (GLPI) at 85/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
13 Gladstone Land Corporation - 6. LANDO 43/100 Developing
14 Gladstone Land Corporation - 6. LANDP 43/100 Developing
15 Uniti Group Inc. UNIT 43/100 Developing
16 Gladstone Land Corporation LAND 41/100 Developing
17 Gladstone Land Corporation - 5. LANDM 33/100 Developing
18 OUTFRONT Media Inc. OUT 32/100 Developing
19 Weyerhaeuser Company WY 25/100 Weak
20 PotlatchDeltic Corporation - Co PCH 20/100 Weak
21 Power REIT (MD) PW 5/100 Weak

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How WY scores on the REIT Specialized defenses

Rent Pricing Power

Score 19 · 20% of the moat score

For a REIT, pricing power is the ability to raise rents at renewal and still keep the space occupied.

AFFO Strength

Score 18 · 18% of the moat score

AFFO — adjusted funds from operations — is the cash a REIT can actually distribute after the recurring capital spending buildings need in order to stay leasable.

Balance Sheet & Cost of Capital

Score 49 · 20% of the moat score

Real estate is bought with borrowed money, so a REIT's cost of capital is its competitive advantage.

Capital Recycling & Growth

Score 20 · 16% of the moat score

REITs grow by issuing shares and debt to buy more property, which creates value only when the yield on the asset exceeds the cost of the capital raised.

Operational Efficiency

Score 17 · 14% of the moat score

Running property — leasing, maintenance, taxes, management — is the part of the business a REIT genuinely controls.

Portfolio Quality & Diversification

Score 24 · 12% of the moat score

Portfolio quality is really a question about what happens when a tenant fails.

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Understanding WY's moat

What is Weyerhaeuser Company's moat score?

Weyerhaeuser Company (WY) scores 25 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as weak. It ranks #19 of 21 scored companies in REIT - Specialty, the top 90%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 23 companies in REIT - Specialty. Its strongest defense is Balance Sheet & Cost of Capital (49/100) and its weakest is Operational Efficiency (17/100).

How does Weyerhaeuser Company compare with other REIT - Specialty companies?

Weyerhaeuser Company ranks #19 of 21 scored companies in REIT - Specialty by moat score. The widest moat in REIT - Specialty is Gaming and Leisure Properties, (GLPI) at 84/100. The companies ranked closest are OUTFRONT Media Inc. (OUT) at 32 just above it and PotlatchDeltic Corporation - Co (PCH) at 20 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — REIT Specialized in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 23 companies in REIT - Specialty. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Weyerhaeuser Company scored with the REIT Specialized template?

A REIT is a portfolio of buildings financed with debt and required to distribute most of its taxable income. Reported earnings are dominated by depreciation on assets that often appreciate, so net income says very little; the real question is how much cash the properties distribute, and how securely. The REIT template scores what determines that: rent pricing, distributable cash, cost of capital, and the discipline behind growth.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Weyerhaeuser Company?

The REIT Specialized template measures 6 defenses, and WY scores: Rent Pricing Power (19), AFFO Strength (18), Balance Sheet & Cost of Capital (49), Capital Recycling & Growth (20), Operational Efficiency (17), Portfolio Quality & Diversification (24). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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