FY2026 EPS Estimates for Stella-Jones Boosted by Desjardins

Stella-Jones Inc. (TSE:SJ) – Research analysts at Desjardins lifted their FY2026 EPS estimates for shares of Stella-Jones in a note issued to investors on Thursday, November 20th. Desjardins analyst B. Poirier now anticipates that the company will earn $6.33 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $6.29. Desjardins has a “Buy” rating and a $92.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Stella-Jones’ current full-year earnings is $6.45 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for Stella-Jones’ FY2027 earnings at $6.94 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $7.73 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts also recently commented on SJ. Raymond James Financial set a C$100.00 target price on Stella-Jones and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday. National Bankshares lifted their target price on shares of Stella-Jones from C$92.00 to C$95.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 9th. Scotiabank boosted their price target on shares of Stella-Jones from C$81.00 to C$88.00 in a research report on Friday, October 17th. TD Securities raised their price objective on shares of Stella-Jones from C$90.00 to C$97.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 6th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price objective on Stella-Jones from C$78.00 to C$87.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$92.57.

Stella-Jones Trading Up 2.9%

SJ opened at C$84.26 on Monday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of C$80.48 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of C$78.73. The firm has a market capitalization of C$4.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.79, a PEG ratio of 2.40 and a beta of -0.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 87.53, a current ratio of 6.85 and a quick ratio of 1.20. Stella-Jones has a one year low of C$62.26 and a one year high of C$88.00.

Stella-Jones (TSE:SJ) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 5th. The company reported C$1.59 EPS for the quarter. The firm had revenue of C$958.00 million during the quarter. Stella-Jones had a net margin of 9.43% and a return on equity of 18.36%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Stella-Jones news, Director Michelle Annette Banik acquired 472 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 12th. The shares were acquired at an average price of C$84.60 per share, for a total transaction of C$39,931.20. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director owned 472 shares in the company, valued at C$39,931.20. This trade represents a ∞ increase in their ownership of the stock. 0.14% of the stock is owned by 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.