Stella-Jones Inc. (TSE:SJ) Stock Has Average Price Target of C$89.62 According to Brokerages

Stella-Jones Inc. (TSE:SJ) has been given a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the seven ratings firms that are covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and five have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month target price among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is C$81.62.

SJ has been the topic of several analyst reports. Scotiabank reduced their target price on Stella-Jones from C$79.00 to C$76.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce reduced their price objective on Stella-Jones from C$87.00 to C$82.00 in a research report on Thursday, July 9th. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price target on shares of Stella-Jones from C$76.00 to C$70.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Desjardins reduced their target price on Stella-Jones from C$99.00 to C$77.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Finally, TD dropped their price objective on Stella-Jones from C$93.00 to C$81.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday.

Key Headlines Impacting Stella-Jones

Here are the key news stories impacting Stella-Jones this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Management outlined up to $100 million in cost savings over three years and expects its Candiac facility to reach full production run rate by the end of Q1 2027, offering potential efficiency gains. Article: Stella-Jones outlines cost savings and Candiac production target
• Positive Sentiment: Stella-Jones announced a normal-course issuer bid allowing it to repurchase up to 1.5 million shares, or about 2.75% of its issued share capital. Buybacks can support per-share metrics and signal confidence. Article: Stella-Jones Q3 results and issuer bid
• Negative Sentiment: Third-quarter adjusted earnings declined even as sales rose. The company reported C$1.39 per share and C$979 million in revenue, leaving investors to weigh revenue growth against weaker profitability. Article: Stella-Jones Q3 results
• Negative Sentiment: Several firms cut their price targets, including Raymond James (C$83 to C$80), Desjardins (C$99 to C$77), Scotiabank (C$79 to C$76), TD (C$93 to C$81), RBC (C$76 to C$70) and National Bank Financial (C$92 to C$80). Ratings remained positive or neutral, and the revised targets still indicated potential upside from cited prices, but the broad reductions signal more cautious expectations.

Stella-Jones Price Performance

TSE SJ opened at C$65.01 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.20, a current ratio of 5.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 75.40. Stella-Jones has a 12-month low of C$58.37 and a 12-month high of C$101.31. The company has a market capitalization of C$3.55 billion, a PE ratio of 13.77, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 0.06. The firm’s 50 day moving average is C$67.19 and its 200-day moving average is C$79.97.

Stella-Jones (TSE:SJ) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 4th. The company reported C$1.39 earnings per share for the quarter. Stella-Jones had a return on equity of 12.35% and a net margin of 7.36%. The firm had revenue of C$979.00 million for the quarter. Equities research analysts anticipate that Stella-Jones will post 6.45 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Stella-Jones Company Profile

Stella-Jones Inc (TSX: SJ) is a leading North American manufacturer of products focused on supporting infrastructure essential to the electrical distribution and transmission network, and the operation and maintenance of railway transportation systems. It supplies the continent’s major electrical utility companies with treated wood poles and crossarms, steel lattice towers and steel transmission poles, as well as North America’s Class 1, short line and commercial railroad operators with treated wood railway ties.