FY2026 EPS Estimates for Stella-Jones Decreased by Analyst

Stella-Jones Inc. (TSE:SJ) – Investment analysts at Scotiabank lowered their FY2026 earnings estimates for shares of Stella-Jones in a research note issued on Thursday, May 14th. Scotiabank analyst J. Goldman now forecasts that the company will earn $5.80 per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of $5.97. Scotiabank currently has a “Sector Outperform” rating and a $97.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Stella-Jones’ current full-year earnings is $6.45 per share.

Several other research analysts have also commented on SJ. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce reduced their price objective on shares of Stella-Jones from C$96.00 to C$87.00 in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. TD reduced their price objective on shares of Stella-Jones from C$106.00 to C$93.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Monday. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their price objective on shares of Stella-Jones from C$93.00 to C$85.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. TD Securities boosted their price objective on shares of Stella-Jones from C$97.00 to C$107.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, March 2nd. Finally, Raymond James Financial reduced their price objective on shares of Stella-Jones from C$100.00 to C$95.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of C$95.38.

Stella-Jones Trading Down 0.7%

TSE SJ opened at C$73.56 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.20, a current ratio of 4.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 80.71. The firm has a market cap of C$4.01 billion, a PE ratio of 13.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.40 and a beta of -0.15. The company has a 50 day moving average price of C$87.69 and a 200 day moving average price of C$88.03. Stella-Jones has a 52 week low of C$69.94 and a 52 week high of C$101.31.

Stella-Jones (TSE:SJ) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 6th. The company reported C$1.12 EPS for the quarter. The firm had revenue of C$791.00 million during the quarter. Stella-Jones had a net margin of 8.66% and a return on equity of 14.85%.

Insider Activity

In other Stella-Jones news, Director Kevin Patrick Comerford acquired 500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 11th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of C$72.06 per share, with a total value of C$36,030.00. Following the acquisition, the director directly owned 6,176 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately C$445,042.56. The trade was a 8.81% increase in their ownership of the stock. Also, Director Anne Elizabeth Giardini acquired 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 11th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of C$71.25 per share, for a total transaction of C$71,250.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director directly owned 3,400 shares in the company, valued at approximately C$242,250. The trade was a 41.67% increase in their ownership of the stock. Insiders have acquired 3,443 shares of company stock valued at $247,814 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.14% of the company’s stock.

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. The vast majority of its revenue comes from the Pressure-treated wood segment.