Stella-Jones Inc. (TSE:SJ) Given Average Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by Analysts

Shares of Stella-Jones Inc. (TSE:SJ) have earned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the seven ratings firms that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month price target among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is C$101.29.

Several equities analysts have recently commented on SJ shares. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce boosted their price objective on Stella-Jones from C$90.00 to C$100.00 in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their target price on Stella-Jones from C$89.00 to C$95.00 in a research report on Friday, February 27th. Scotiabank raised Stella-Jones from a “hold” rating to an “outperform” rating and lifted their target price for the company from C$88.00 to C$98.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 29th. Desjardins set a C$102.00 price target on Stella-Jones and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, December 12th. Finally, National Bank Financial upped their price target on Stella-Jones from C$95.00 to C$107.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, December 15th.

Stella-Jones Stock Performance

Shares of TSE SJ opened at C$93.85 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of C$94.36 and a 200-day moving average price of C$86.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 92.30, a current ratio of 7.40 and a quick ratio of 1.20. The stock has a market cap of C$5.12 billion, a PE ratio of 15.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.40 and a beta of -0.20. Stella-Jones has a 1 year low of C$62.26 and a 1 year high of C$101.31.

Stella-Jones (TSE:SJ) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The company reported C$0.91 earnings per share for the quarter. The company had revenue of C$727.00 million for the quarter. Stella-Jones had a net margin of 9.65% and a return on equity of 16.67%. Equities analysts anticipate that Stella-Jones will post 6.4457565 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.