Stella-Jones Inc. (TSE:SJ) Given Average Rating of "Moderate Buy" by Analysts

Key Points

• Analysts give Stella-Jones a consensus rating of Moderate Buy (4 buys, 3 holds) with an average 1-year price target of C$99.29.
• Recent analyst actions are mixed—TD Securities raised its target to C$107 and kept a buy, Scotiabank upgraded to outperform, while National Bank and RBC trimmed ratings/targets into the mid‑C$90s.
• The stock trades around C$85.49 (52‑week range C$65.27–C$101.31) with a market cap of C$4.67B, P/E ~14.0, debt/equity of 92.3, and last-quarter results of C$0.91 EPS on C$727M revenue.

Shares of Stella-Jones Inc. (TSE:SJ - Get Free Report) have received a consensus recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the seven research firms that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is C$99.29.

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. National Bank Financial cut shares of Stella-Jones from an "outperform" rating to a "hold" rating and cut their target price for the stock from C$107.00 to C$95.00 in a report on Wednesday, April 8th. TD Securities upped their target price on Stella-Jones from C$97.00 to C$107.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, March 2nd. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce upped their target price on Stella-Jones from C$90.00 to C$100.00 in a report on Friday, February 6th. Scotiabank upgraded Stella-Jones from a "hold" rating to an "outperform" rating and upped their target price for the company from C$88.00 to C$98.00 in a report on Thursday, January 29th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada decreased their target price on Stella-Jones from C$95.00 to C$93.00 and set a "sector perform" rating for the company in a report on Monday.

Stella-Jones Stock Down 0.4%

Shares of Stella-Jones stock opened at C$85.49 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 92.30, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a current ratio of 7.40. Stella-Jones has a 52-week low of C$65.27 and a 52-week high of C$101.31. The stock has a market capitalization of C$4.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.04, a P/E/G ratio of 2.40 and a beta of -0.11. The company's 50 day moving average price is C$94.43 and its 200-day moving average price is C$88.03.

Stella-Jones (TSE:SJ - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The company reported C$0.91 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Stella-Jones had a net margin of 9.65% and a return on equity of 16.67%. The firm had revenue of C$727.00 million for the quarter. Equities research analysts forecast that Stella-Jones will post 6.4457565 EPS for the current year.

About Stella-Jones

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.

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