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Weyerhaeuser has agreed to sell approximately 81,000 acres of Arkansas timberland for $146 million as the forest-products company reshapes its land holdings amid an uneven market for building materials.
The proposed sale was disclosed in the company’s October 29 Form 8-K and third-quarter earnings materials. The agreement was reached during October and is expected to close in the fourth quarter, subject to customary conditions. It is not a completed land transfer, and the company did not identify a buyer in the earnings release.
The transaction highlights a second side of the company’s business beyond lumber production: Weyerhaeuser owns or controls more than 10 million acres of U.S. timberland and evaluates opportunities to sell properties that are not central to its long-term portfolio.
Revenue grows while reported profit declines
Weyerhaeuser reported third-quarter net sales of $1.862 billion, compared with $1.717 billion a year earlier. Net earnings fell to $61 million, or 8 cents per diluted share, from $80 million, or 11 cents, in the third quarter of 2025.
The year-over-year earnings comparison is affected by special items in the prior-year period. Net earnings before special items rose from $40 million a year earlier to $61 million this year. The company reported no special items for the current quarter.
Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization increased to $248 million from $217 million a year earlier. That non-GAAP measure excludes certain accounting items and should not be confused with net income or cash flow.
The results are contained in the company’s October 29 filing and attached earnings release, which also provide segment-level results.
Land sales and wood products face different pressures
Weyerhaeuser’s Strategic Land Solutions segment, which includes real estate activities, generated $99 million in third-quarter sales, down from $140 million in the second quarter. Segment adjusted EBITDA declined to $86 million from $129 million over the same period.
The company attributed that sequential decline largely to the timing and mix of real estate sales. Fewer acres were sold, and the average price per acre was moderately lower. Management noted that its real estate results generally skew toward the first half of the year.
Wood Products revenue totaled $1.385 billion, up from $1.36 billion in the second quarter, while the segment’s adjusted EBITDA declined to $91 million from $129 million. Higher manufacturing and input costs affected results, and the company described uneven pricing across lumber, oriented strand board and engineered wood products.
These results matter for homebuilding because lumber and structural panels are major inputs to residential construction. But the company’s sales and margins also reflect industrial customers, international trade, energy costs and product mix. They are not a direct measure of the number of homes under construction.
Other land and energy initiatives advance
Beyond the Arkansas divestiture, Weyerhaeuser reported beginning construction of a biocarbon facility in McComb, Mississippi, and two additional solar sites. It also signed an agreement covering geothermal exploration on approximately 145,000 acres in Oregon and Washington.
These projects remain at different stages and should not be described as completed energy operations. The company said it had monetized approximately 340,000 forest carbon credits during the first nine months of 2026.
Management continues to expect approximately $450 million in full-year adjusted EBITDA from Strategic Land Solutions, while cautioning that quarterly real estate results depend heavily on the timing and characteristics of individual transactions.
For the housing industry, the report underscores a complicated environment: the same company can report higher consolidated revenue, lower reported earnings and continued land monetization while builders face uncertain demand and construction-material costs.
Sources: Weyerhaeuser investor SEC filings and October 29, 2026 company announcement.
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Weyerhaeuser agreed to sell approximately 81,000 acres of Arkansas timberland for $146 million, with closing expected in the fourth quarter. The company also reported higher third-quarter revenue but lower GAAP net earnings amid uneven wood-products demand.
