St. Joe (NYSE:JOE) Reaches New 12-Month High – Should You Buy?

Shares of St. Joe Company (The) (NYSE:JOE) hit a new 52-week high on Friday . The company traded as high as $72.00 and last traded at $71.7630, with a volume of 99115 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $69.73.

More St. Joe News

Here are the key news stories impacting St. Joe this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Company reported solid Q4 and full‑year 2025 results (Q4 EPS $0.52; Q4 revenue $128.9M) and management flagged strong earnings growth for the year, which supports the rally. TipRanks: St. Joe Company Delivers Strong 2025 Earnings Growth
• Positive Sentiment: Earnings call transcripts provide management commentary on performance and outlook that reassured investors; transcripts are available for review (useful for assessing forward commentary on development, land sales and cash flow). Yahoo Finance: JOE Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Seeking Alpha: JOE Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
• Positive Sentiment: Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.16 per share (ex‑dividend date March 9; payable March 26), adding modest income support and signaling confidence in cash flow.
• Neutral Sentiment: Trading activity is elevated versus average volume and the share price is trading near its 52‑week high, which can amplify intraday moves but doesn’t change fundamentals.
• Neutral Sentiment: Key balance-sheet and valuation metrics: market cap ~$4.17B, P/E ~36.1, debt/equity ~0.75, current/quick ratios ~2.25 — useful context for investors assessing risk/valuation.
• Neutral Sentiment: Several local/community items referencing “St. Joe” (sports, municipal planning, dispensary news) appeared in the feed but are unrelated to The St. Joe Company’s public business and are unlikely to affect the stock. Examples: community planning “Imagine St. Joseph 2040,” local sports coverage, and a cannabis dispensary story. Imagine St. Joseph 2040 St. Joseph Moving Toward Opening Cannabis Dispensary
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation is relatively rich (P/E ~36) which could limit upside if growth or land‑sale cadence slows; investors should watch guidance and land-sale/lot-closing cadence for signs of sustainability.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have commented on the stock. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of St. Joe in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Wall Street Zen lowered St. Joe from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy”.

St. Joe Stock Up 3.6%

The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $65.35 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $57.77. The firm has a market cap of $4.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.11 and a beta of 1.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.75, a quick ratio of 2.25 and a current ratio of 2.25.

St. Joe (NYSE:JOE) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The financial services provider reported $0.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. St. Joe had a return on equity of 15.35% and a net margin of 22.52%.The firm had revenue of $128.89 million during the quarter.

St. Joe Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 26th. Investors of record on Monday, March 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.16 per share. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 9th. St. Joe’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 32.00%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, major shareholder Bruce R. Berkowitz sold 1,000 shares of St. Joe stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $71.51, for a total transaction of $71,510.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 16,135,124 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,153,822,717.24. The trade was a 0.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Insiders have sold 189,500 shares of company stock valued at $12,276,077 over the last three months. 0.32% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in St. Joe by 3.1% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,959,298 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $294,866,000 after buying an additional 179,877 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its holdings in shares of St. Joe by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,430,583 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $84,934,000 after acquiring an additional 21,309 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in St. Joe by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 994,963 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $59,081,000 after purchasing an additional 11,621 shares during the last quarter. Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in St. Joe by 1.0% during the 2nd quarter. Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC now owns 555,891 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $26,516,000 after purchasing an additional 5,552 shares during the period. Finally, Nitor Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in St. Joe during the 4th quarter worth $31,789,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.67% of the company’s stock.

About St. Joe

The St. Joe Company (NYSE: JOE) is a leading real estate development and asset management firm focused on Northwest Florida. Headquartered in Jacksonville, the company owns and manages approximately 171,000 acres of land across Bay, Gulf, Franklin and Walton counties. St. Joe’s core businesses include residential community development, commercial real estate, and hospitality, with an emphasis on master-planned neighborhoods, office and retail campuses, resort hotels and mixed-use town centers.

Founded in 1936 as a paper manufacturing company, St.