Stella-Jones (TSE:SJ) Given New C$85.00 Price Target at Royal Bank Of Canada

Stella-Jones (TSE:SJ) had its price objective reduced by Royal Bank Of Canada from C$93.00 to C$85.00 in a research note released on Thursday morning,BayStreet.CA reports. Royal Bank Of Canada currently has a sector perform rating on the stock.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. TD dropped their price target on shares of Stella-Jones from C$107.00 to C$106.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday. Scotiabank dropped their price target on shares of Stella-Jones from C$99.00 to C$97.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 28th. TD Securities lifted their price target on shares of Stella-Jones from C$97.00 to C$107.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, March 2nd. National Bank Financial cut shares of Stella-Jones from an “outperform” rating to a “hold” rating and dropped their price target for the company from C$107.00 to C$95.00 in a research report on Wednesday, April 8th. Finally, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce lowered their price objective on shares of Stella-Jones from C$96.00 to C$87.00 in a research note on Thursday. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Stella-Jones currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of C$97.00.

Stella-Jones Price Performance

Shares of SJ opened at C$74.42 on Thursday. Stella-Jones has a 1-year low of C$70.98 and a 1-year high of C$101.31. The stock has a market cap of C$4.06 billion, a PE ratio of 12.22, a P/E/G ratio of 2.40 and a beta of -0.15. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of C$89.83 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of C$88.24. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 80.71, a current ratio of 4.96 and a quick ratio of 1.20.

Stella-Jones (TSE:SJ) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The company reported C$1.12 earnings per share for the quarter. Stella-Jones had a net margin of 8.66% and a return on equity of 14.85%. The business had revenue of C$791.00 million during the quarter. As a group, analysts forecast that Stella-Jones will post 6.4457565 EPS for the current year.

Key Stories Impacting Stella-Jones

Here are the key news stories impacting Stella-Jones this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Desjardins kept a “buy” rating and a C$104 price target (still a large implied upside), signalling continued long‑term confidence despite the cut. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Raymond James retained an “outperform” rating with a C$95 target after lowering its previous target — the firm still sees meaningful upside relative to the current price. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Stella‑Jones reported Q1 results: C$1.12 EPS, C$791M revenue, 9.65% net margin and 16.67% ROE — solid profitability metrics that support the company’s earnings power; investors will focus on guidance and capital‑allocation commentary from the call/slide deck. Press Release
• Neutral Sentiment: Company completed its annual meeting and reported director election results — routine governance update with limited immediate impact on valuation. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysis pieces note the St‑Jones narrative is shifting as analysts reassess outlook and capital returns; that evolving view helps explain diverging analyst actions. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: RBC trimmed its price target from C$93 to C$85 and moved to “sector perform” — a more cautious near‑term stance that reduces upside expectations. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: CIBC lowered its target to C$87 from C$96, signaling reduced analyst expectations for shares in the nearer term. Article Title

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. The vast majority of its revenue comes from the Pressure-treated wood segment.