Analysts Issue Forecasts for Stella-Jones FY2026 Earnings

Stella-Jones Inc. (TSE:SJ) – Analysts at Scotiabank lowered their FY2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Stella-Jones in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, July 29th. Scotiabank analyst J. Goldman now expects that the company will earn $5.69 per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of $5.80. 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 earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The company reported C$1.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The business 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%.

SJ has been the topic of several other research reports. Raymond James Financial dropped their price objective on shares of Stella-Jones from C$95.00 to C$90.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday. TD reduced their target price 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, May 11th. Desjardins decreased their target price on Stella-Jones from C$107.00 to C$104.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their price target on Stella-Jones from C$85.00 to C$82.00 in a research note on Thursday, July 9th. Finally, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce cut their price target on Stella-Jones from C$87.00 to C$82.00 in a report on Thursday, July 9th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Stella-Jones currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of C$93.75.

Stella-Jones Price Performance

Shares of Stella-Jones stock opened at C$77.53 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 80.71, a current ratio of 4.96 and a quick ratio of 1.20. Stella-Jones has a fifty-two week low of C$69.94 and a fifty-two week high of C$101.31. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of C$79.23 and a two-hundred day moving average price of C$85.85. The company has a market cap of C$4.23 billion, a PE ratio of 14.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.40 and a beta of -0.07.

Insider Activity

In other Stella-Jones news, Director Kenner James bought 937 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 12th. The shares were acquired at an average price of C$73.22 per share, with a total value of C$68,607.14. Following the completion of the purchase, the director directly owned 1,834 shares in the company, valued at C$134,285.48. The trade was a 104.46% increase in their position. Also, Director Anne Elizabeth Giardini bought 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 purchase, the director owned 3,400 shares of the company’s stock, valued at C$242,250. This trade represents a 41.67% increase in their ownership of the stock. In the last 90 days, insiders acquired 3,443 shares of company stock worth $247,814. 0.14% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.