National Bank Financial Comments on Stella-Jones Q3 Earnings

Stella-Jones Inc. (TSE:SJ - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at National Bank Financial decreased their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for 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 of $1.53 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.55. The consensus estimate for Stella-Jones' current full-year earnings is $6.45 per share.

Other equities research analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their price target on shares of Stella-Jones from C$75.00 to C$76.00 and gave the company a "sector perform" rating in a report on Thursday. TD Securities boosted their price target on shares of Stella-Jones from C$88.00 to C$90.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Friday. CIBC lowered their price objective on shares of Stella-Jones from C$86.00 to C$79.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Scotiabank lowered their price objective on shares of Stella-Jones from C$85.00 to C$79.00 in a research report on Monday, March 3rd. Finally, Cibc World Mkts raised shares of Stella-Jones from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, four have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of C$86.17.

Stella-Jones Trading Up 1.8%

Shares of SJ stock traded up C$1.30 during trading hours on Friday, reaching C$74.92. 102,948 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 133,729. Stella-Jones has a 1-year low of C$62.26 and a 1-year high of C$98.00. The business has a fifty day moving average price of C$67.42 and a 200 day moving average price of C$70.46. 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 firm has a market capitalization of C$4.19 billion, a PE ratio of 13.09, a PEG ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 0.64.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director James Augustus Manzi sold 1,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, April 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$65.79, for a total value of C$65,788.60. Insiders own 0.14% of the company's stock.

Stella-Jones Increases Dividend

The business 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 is an increase from Stella-Jones's previous quarterly dividend of $0.28. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.66%. Stella-Jones's payout ratio is presently 19.56%.

Stella-Jones Company Profile

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.