Stella-Jones Inc. (TSE:SJ - Get Free Report) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the seven analysts that are covering the company, MarketBeat reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, four have given a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month target price among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is C$88.50.
A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on SJ. CIBC raised shares of Stella-Jones from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating and upped their price target for the stock from C$83.00 to C$86.00 in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th. TD Securities cut their target price on Stella-Jones from C$103.00 to C$88.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Scotiabank lowered their price target on Stella-Jones from C$95.00 to C$85.00 in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Cibc World Mkts upgraded Stella-Jones from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada lowered their target price on Stella-Jones from C$97.00 to C$81.00 in a report on Thursday, November 7th.
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Insiders Place Their Bets
In other Stella-Jones news, Director Patrick Kirkham acquired 2,035 shares of Stella-Jones stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 19th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of C$70.36 per share, with a total value of C$143,179.34. Corporate insiders own 0.14% of the company's stock.
Stella-Jones Stock Performance
Shares of TSE SJ traded down C$0.21 during midday trading on Friday, reaching C$69.18. 166,768 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 151,721. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of C$70.51 and a 200 day moving average price of C$79.78. The company has a market cap of C$3.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.08, a PEG ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 0.64. 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 52 week low of C$65.13 and a 52 week high of C$98.00.
Stella-Jones Company Profile
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Get Free ReportStella-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.
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