Boise Cascade Company (BCC) is a publicly traded company in the Basic Materials — Paper, Lumber & Forest Products industry listed on NYSE. This overview shows the latest price, key valuation ratios, profitability metrics and financial-health indicators used by fundamental investors.
Boise Cascade Company (BCC) is a prominent producer of timber goods and a distributor of construction supplies, operating across both the United States and Canada. Its operations are primarily structured into two distinct divisions: Wood Products and Building Materials Distribution.
Is Boise Cascade Company stock overvalued or undervalued in 2026?
Boise Cascade Company (BCC) trades at 26.7× earnings (P/E), against a median of 18.8× across the 156 materials companies above $2bn in Kaplio's universe. It trades at 10.5 times its average earnings over ten years; between the 10 times Lynch paid for a cyclical and the 25 of Graham's limit for the defensive investor, it is fairly priced.
Kaplio overview: Boise Cascade Company
Market cap $3B · 52 weeks $65 – $91 (13 % below the high) · P/E 26.7× · 2027 expected P/E 15.9× · Dividend 1.1 % · Next earnings November 2, 2026 · expected EPS $1.12 · Closing price, Oct 30 · accounts published Aug 3.
- Valuation: P/E 26.7× (fairly priced).
- Business: ROIC 4 % (weak).
- Balance sheet: Net debt/EBITDA 0.1× (solid).
- Earnings: 4 of 8 (uneven).
It trades at 10.5 times its average earnings over ten years; between the 10 times Lynch paid for a cyclical and the 25 of Graham's limit for the defensive investor, it is fairly priced.
What matters in materials: 4 of 8 pass
- FCF yield 0.6 %, fails.
- Gross margin 14.0 %, fails.
- Dividend coverage 0.4×, fails.
- Cycle-adjusted EV/EBITDA 8.6×, fails.
- Net debt / EBITDA (trough) 0.1×, passes.
- Capex / D&A 1.5×, passes.
- Altman Z-Score 4.6, passes.
- P/B across cycles 1.4×, passes.
Against its peers (reference peers) — Boise Cascade Company: P/E 26.7×; EV/EBITDA 8.6×; ROIC 4.3 %; $2.8B. Fortuna Mining Corp. (P/E 7.5×; EV/EBITDA 2.8×; ROIC 18.8 %; $2.6B), WD-40 Company (P/E 36.3×; EV/EBITDA 25.0×; ROIC 22.1 %; $3.0B), Titan America S.A. (P/E 14.4×; EV/EBITDA 8.3×; ROIC 10.1 %; $2.6B).
Expensive or cheap against its last ten years?
P/E at each close: today 26.7× · median 12.4× · minimum 2.8× · maximum 45.8× · cheap below 9.5× · expensive above 22.8×. It has been cheaper than today 84% of the time over its last ten years.
Dividend
tight · Yield 1.1 % ($0.94 per share in 2025) · paying since 2017 · 5-year growth -14 % a year · Free cash flow coverage 1.1× · With $1,000 invested today you'd collect $11.30 a year ($0.94 a month).
Profitability
| Return on Equity | 5.12% |
| Return on Invested Capital | 4.29% |
| Return on Assets | 3.12% |
| Gross Margin | 15.22% |
| Operating Margin | 2.54% |
| Net Margin | 1.64% |
Financial Health
| Debt / Equity | 0.26 |
| Current Ratio | 2.71 |
| Piotroski F-Score | 5 |
| Altman Z-Score | 4.63 |
Price Performance
| 1 month | +5.53% |
| 3 months | +3.21% |
| Year-to-date | +7.11% |
| 1 year | +11.83% |
| 3 years | -20.43% |
| 5 years | +32.18% |
| 10 years | +335.52% |
Dividend History
Paid in the last 12 months: $0.8900 per share in 4 payments.
| Date | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | $0.2300 |
| 2026-06-01 | $0.2200 |
| 2026-02-23 | $0.2200 |
| 2025-12-01 | $0.2200 |
| 2025-09-02 | $0.2200 |
| 2025-06-02 | $0.2100 |
| 2025-02-24 | $0.2100 |
| 2024-12-02 | $0.2100 |
| 2024-09-03 | $5.2100 |
| 2024-06-03 | $0.2000 |
Amounts adjusted for stock splits.
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