Weyerhaeuser Company (WY), with a market cap of $21.1 billion, is one of the leading U.S. forest product companies with operations primarily concentrated in Southern California, Nevada, Washington, Texas, Maryland and Virginia. Founded in 1900, the company caters to a diverse clientele spread over the United States and internationally.
Companies worth $10 billion or more are generally described as "large-cap stocks," WY fits this bill perfectly. As one of the biggest lumber suppliers in the U.S., the company benefits from approximately 11 million acres of timberlands in the United States and Canada.
