FY2027 EPS Estimates for Stella-Jones Boosted by Scotiabank

Stella-Jones Inc. (TSE:SJ) – Stock analysts at Scotiabank lifted their FY2027 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Stella-Jones in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, May 14th. Scotiabank analyst J. Goldman now anticipates that the company will earn $6.75 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $6.65. 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.

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

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on SJ. Raymond James Financial reduced their price target on shares of Stella-Jones from C$100.00 to C$95.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce cut their target price on Stella-Jones from C$96.00 to C$87.00 in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their target price on Stella-Jones from C$93.00 to C$85.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, May 7th. National Bank Financial cut Stella-Jones from an “outperform” rating to a “hold” rating and decreased their target price for the company from C$107.00 to C$95.00 in a research report on Wednesday, April 8th. Finally, TD Securities raised their price target on 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. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of C$95.38.

Stella-Jones Trading Down 1.1%

Shares of Stella-Jones stock opened at C$72.15 on Monday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of C$86.29 and a 200-day simple moving average of C$87.91. Stella-Jones has a 12-month low of C$69.94 and a 12-month high of C$101.31. The company has a current ratio of 4.96, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 80.71. The stock has a market cap of C$3.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.07, a PEG ratio of 2.40 and a beta of -0.15.

Insider Buying and Selling at Stella-Jones

In other Stella-Jones news, Director Anne Elizabeth Giardini bought 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 11th. The stock was acquired at an average price of C$71.25 per share, for a total transaction of C$71,250.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director owned 3,400 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately C$242,250. This represents a 41.67% increase in their ownership of the stock. Also, Director Kenner James purchased 937 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 12th. The shares were bought at an average cost of C$73.22 per share, for a total transaction of C$68,607.14. Following the acquisition, the director owned 1,834 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately C$134,285.48. The trade was a 104.46% increase in their ownership of the stock. Over the last three months, insiders have acquired 3,443 shares of company stock worth $247,814. 0.14% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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