Stella-Jones Inc. (TSE:SJ - Get Free Report) shares passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of C$71.02 and traded as high as C$79.12. Stella-Jones shares last traded at C$78.82, with a volume of 42,739 shares trading hands.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
A number of equities research analysts recently commented on SJ shares. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price objective on shares of Stella-Jones from C$75.00 to C$76.00 and gave the company a "sector perform" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 8th. Desjardins lowered their price objective on shares of Stella-Jones from C$98.00 to C$94.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, May 8th. TD Securities increased their price objective on shares of Stella-Jones from C$88.00 to C$90.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, May 9th. Finally, CIBC decreased their price target on shares of Stella-Jones from C$86.00 to C$79.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, four have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Stella-Jones presently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average price target of C$86.17.
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Stella-Jones Price Performance
The company's 50-day moving average is C$75.56 and its 200-day moving average is C$71.17. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 87.53, a current ratio of 6.85 and a quick ratio of 1.20. The firm has a market capitalization of C$4.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.21, a PEG ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 0.64.
About Stella-Jones
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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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