Shares of Stella-Jones Inc. (TSE:SJ - Get Free Report) crossed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of C$71.70 and traded as high as C$81.62. Stella-Jones shares last traded at C$81.30, with a volume of 50,444 shares.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
A number of research analysts have commented on SJ shares. TD Securities boosted their price objective on Stella-Jones from C$88.00 to C$90.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, May 9th. CIBC reduced 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 note on Tuesday, April 22nd. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their target price on shares of Stella-Jones from C$76.00 to C$82.00 in a research report on Monday, July 14th. Finally, Desjardins cut their target price 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. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Stella-Jones has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of C$84.80.
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Stella-Jones Stock Performance
The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of C$77.96 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of C$72.00. The company has a current ratio of 6.85, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 87.53. The company has a market capitalization of C$4.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 0.64.
Stella-Jones Company Profile
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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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