Q3 EPS Estimates for Stella-Jones Reduced by Analyst

Stella-Jones Inc. (TSE:SJ) – Equities researchers at National Bank Financial dropped their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Stella-Jones in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, May 7th. National Bank Financial analyst M. Sytchev now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $1.53 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.55. The consensus estimate for Stella-Jones’ current full-year earnings is $6.45 per share.

Other research analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. TD Securities boosted their price objective on shares of Stella-Jones from C$88.00 to C$90.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday. Cibc World Mkts upgraded shares of Stella-Jones from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. CIBC dropped their price objective on shares of Stella-Jones from C$86.00 to C$79.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their target price on shares of Stella-Jones from C$75.00 to C$76.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Desjardins reduced their price objective on Stella-Jones from C$98.00 to C$94.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, four have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of C$86.17.

Stella-Jones Trading Up 1.5 %

Shares of Stella-Jones stock opened at C$73.62 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.20, a current ratio of 6.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 87.53. Stella-Jones has a 12-month low of C$62.26 and a 12-month high of C$98.00. The company has a market capitalization of C$4.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.86, a PEG ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 0.64. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is C$67.25 and its two-hundred day moving average price is C$70.76.

Stella-Jones Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 18th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 1st were issued a $0.31 dividend. This is a boost from Stella-Jones’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.28. This represents a $1.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.68%. Stella-Jones’s dividend payout ratio is presently 19.56%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Stella-Jones

In other news, Director James Augustus Manzi sold 1,000 shares of Stella-Jones stock in a transaction on Friday, April 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$65.79, for a total value of C$65,788.60. Insiders own 0.14% of the company’s stock.

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.