Stella-Jones (SJ) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Stella-Jones Inc produces and sells lumber and wood products. The company operates in two segments: Pressure-treated wood, which includes utility poles, railway ties, residential lumber, and industrial products; and Logs & Lumber segment comprises of the sales of logs harvested in the course of the company's procurement process that is determined to be unsuitable for use as utility poles, it also includes the sale of excess lumber to local home-building markets. The vast majority of its revenue comes from the Pressure-treated wood segment. Its geographical segments are the United States and Canada, of which the majority of its revenue is derived from the United States.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$74.82 to C$77.50
• 50-Day Range: C$74.62 to C$83.18
• 52-Week Range: C$69.94 to C$101.31
• Volume: 250,507 shs
• Average Volume: 151,076 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$4.18 billion
• P/E Ratio: 13.89
• Dividend Yield: 1.66%
• Price Target: C$91.50
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Stella-Jones Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Stella-Jones scored higher than 78% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Stella-Jones has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.63, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Stella-Jones has a consensus price target of C$91.50, representing about 19.4% upside from its current price of C$76.66.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Stella-Jones has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Stella-Jones is 13.89, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 45.31.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Stella-Jones is 13.89, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 21.15.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Stella-Jones has a PEG Ratio of 2.40. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Stella-Jones has a P/B Ratio of 1.99. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for SJ.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Stella-Jones pays a meaningful dividend of 1.72%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Stella-Jones does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Stella-Jones is 23.01%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.36

News Sentiment

Stella-Jones has a news sentiment score of -0.36. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.57 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 12 news articles for Stella-Jones this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for SJ on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -75% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Cluster Insider Buying

5 insiders have purchased shares of Stella-Jones in the last three months. Multiple insiders buying is a strong bullish signal.

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net C$247,814.00 in company stock, which represents 0.0059% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Stella-Jones insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought C$247,814.00 in company stock and sold C$0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.14% of the stock of Stella-Jones is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

49.18% of the stock of Stella-Jones is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Today: 8/08/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Paper & Forest Products
• Sub-Industry: Forest Products
• Current Symbol: TSE:SJ
• CIK: N/A
• Web: stella-jones.com
• Phone: +1-514-9348666
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 280
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Stella-Jones: C$91.50
• High Price Target: C$107.00
• Low Price Target: C$79.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +19.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.63
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$5.52
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 13.89
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.89
• P/E Growth: 2.4
• Net Income: C$321.05 million
• Net Margins: 8.66%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 14.85%
• Return on Assets: 9.38%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 80.71
• Current Ratio: 4.96
• Quick Ratio: 1.20

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$3.51 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.19
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: C$38.43 per share
• Price / Book: 1.99

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 54,556,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$4.18 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: -0.07