Stella-Jones Q2 EPS Decreased by National Bank Financial

Stella-Jones Inc. (TSE:SJ - Free Report) - Research analysts at National Bank Financial dropped their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Stella-Jones in a research report issued on Wednesday, May 7th. National Bank Financial analyst M. Sytchev now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $1.83 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.87. The consensus estimate for Stella-Jones' current full-year earnings is $6.45 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Stella-Jones' Q4 2025 earnings at $1.03 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $5.54 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.66 EPS.

Several other research analysts have also commented on SJ. TD Securities lifted their price target on Stella-Jones from C$88.00 to C$90.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Friday. Royal Bank of Canada lifted their price target on Stella-Jones from C$75.00 to C$76.00 and gave the stock a "sector perform" rating in a report on Thursday. Cibc World Mkts upgraded Stella-Jones from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. CIBC reduced their price target on Stella-Jones from C$86.00 to C$79.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Finally, Desjardins cut their price objective on Stella-Jones from C$98.00 to C$94.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, four have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of C$86.17.

Stella-Jones Stock Up 1.5%

TSE SJ opened at C$73.62 on Monday. Stella-Jones has a 52 week low of C$62.26 and a 52 week high of C$98.00. The company has a quick ratio of 1.20, a current ratio of 6.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 87.53. The business's fifty day simple moving average is C$67.25 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$70.54. The firm has a market cap of C$4.12 billion, a PE ratio of 12.86, a P/E/G ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 0.64.

Stella-Jones Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 18th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 1st were given a dividend of $0.31 per share. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.68%. This is an increase from Stella-Jones's previous quarterly dividend of $0.28. Stella-Jones's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 19.56%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Stella-Jones news, Director James Augustus Manzi sold 1,000 shares of Stella-Jones stock in a transaction dated Friday, April 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$65.79, for a total value of C$65,788.60. Corporate insiders own 0.14% of the company's stock.

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.

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