FY2026 EPS Estimates for Stella-Jones Raised by Desjardins

Stella-Jones Inc. (TSE:SJ) – Stock analysts at Desjardins lifted their FY2026 EPS estimates for Stella-Jones in a report released on Thursday, November 20th. Desjardins analyst B. Poirier now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $6.33 for the year, up from their previous forecast of $6.29. Desjardins currently has a “Buy” rating and a $92.00 target price 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.

Several other brokerages have also recently weighed in on SJ. CIBC reduced their price target on Stella-Jones from C$90.00 to C$89.00 in a research report on Friday, November 7th. Raymond James Financial set a C$100.00 price target on Stella-Jones and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday. TD Securities raised their price objective on shares of Stella-Jones from C$90.00 to C$97.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 6th. Cibc World Mkts cut shares of Stella-Jones from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 21st. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada increased their target price on shares of Stella-Jones from C$78.00 to C$87.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Stella-Jones currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of C$92.57.

Stella-Jones Trading Up 2.9%

Shares of SJ stock opened at C$84.26 on Monday. The stock 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’s fifty day simple moving average is C$80.48 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$78.73. Stella-Jones has a 1 year low of C$62.26 and a 1 year high of C$88.00. 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 (TSE:SJ) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The company reported C$1.59 EPS for the quarter. Stella-Jones had a net margin of 9.43% and a return on equity of 18.36%. The company had revenue of C$958.00 million for the quarter.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Michelle Annette Banik purchased 472 shares of the 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 transaction, the director directly owned 472 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately C$39,931.20. This trade represents a ∞ increase in their position. 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.