Stella-Jones Q1 EPS Estimate Cut by National Bank Financial

Stella-Jones Inc. (TSE:SJ - Free Report) - National Bank Financial cut their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Stella-Jones in a report issued on Thursday, February 27th. National Bank Financial analyst M. Sytchev now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $1.16 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.28. The consensus estimate for Stella-Jones' current full-year earnings is $6.45 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Stella-Jones' Q2 2025 earnings at $1.87 EPS.

SJ has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Scotiabank reduced their target price on Stella-Jones from C$85.00 to C$79.00 in a research report on Monday. Royal Bank of Canada reduced their target price on Stella-Jones from C$97.00 to C$81.00 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 research report on Tuesday, January 14th. CIBC upgraded Stella-Jones from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating and lifted their target price for the company from C$83.00 to C$86.00 in a research report on Wednesday, January 15th. Finally, TD Securities reduced their target price on Stella-Jones from C$103.00 to C$88.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of C$86.60.

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Stella-Jones Trading Up 3.3 %

TSE:SJ traded up C$2.18 on Monday, reaching C$68.60. The company's stock had a trading volume of 184,134 shares, compared to its average volume of 165,942. Stella-Jones has a 12-month low of C$65.11 and a 12-month high of C$98.00. The company has a quick ratio of 1.20, a current ratio of 6.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 87.53. The firm has a market cap of C$3.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 0.64. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of C$70.31 and a 200 day moving average price of C$78.58.

Stella-Jones Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 18th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.31 per share. This represents a $1.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.81%. This is a boost from Stella-Jones's previous quarterly dividend of $0.28. Stella-Jones's payout ratio is presently 19.56%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Stella-Jones news, Director Patrick Kirkham purchased 2,035 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 19th. The stock was bought at an average cost of C$70.36 per share, with a total value of C$143,179.34. 0.14% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.