Analysts have set a price target for Stella-Jones Inc. (TSE:SJ) at $95.50

Stella-Jones Inc. (TSE:SJ – Get Your Free Report ) has been given an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the six brokerages that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12-month target price among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $95.50.

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on SJ. TD Securities boosted their price target on Stella-Jones from $98.00 to $103.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, August 8th. CIBC upped their target price on Stella-Jones from $94.00 to $97.00 in a research note on Thursday, August 8th. National Bankshares boosted their price target on Stella-Jones from $91.00 to $99.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 16th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada downgraded shares of Stella-Jones from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and set a $94.00 price objective for the company. in a research report on Monday, July 8th.

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Stella-Jones price performance

Shares of Stella-Jones stock opened at $87.63 on Tuesday. Stella-Jones has a 1 year low of $63.08 and a 1 year high of $98.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 93.08, a quick ratio of 1.20, and a current ratio of 6.57. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $91.85 and a 200-day moving average price of $85.65. The company has a market cap of $4.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.16, a PEG ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 0.64.

Stella-Jones (TSE:SJ – Get Your Free Report ) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, August 7th. The company reported $1.94 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.96 by C($0.02). The firm had revenue of $1.05 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.07 billion. Stella-Jones had a net margin of 10.20% and a return on equity of 20.64%. sell-side analysts predict that Stella-Jones will post 6.5134948 earnings per share for the current year.

Indoor activity

In related news, Director James Augustus Manzi sold 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, September 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $92.92, for a total transaction of $464,583.48. Company insiders own 0.14% of the company’s shares.

Stella-Jones Company Profile

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Stella-Jones Inc manufactures and sells pressure treated wood products in Canada and the United States. It works through two segments, Pressure treated wood; and Logs and lumber. The company provides rail ties and timber for short line and commercial rail operators; and wooden poles for electrical utilities and telecommunications companies.

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