Desjardins Has Pessimistic View of Stella-Jones Q3 Earnings

Stella-Jones Inc. (TSE:SJ) – Investment analysts at Desjardins cut their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Stella-Jones in a research note issued on Thursday, August 7th. Desjardins analyst B. Poirier now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $1.56 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.58. Desjardins currently has a “Buy” rating and a $89.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Stella-Jones’ current full-year earnings is $6.45 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for Stella-Jones’ FY2026 earnings at $5.89 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. TD Securities lifted their price objective on Stella-Jones from C$88.00 to C$90.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 9th. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price objective on Stella-Jones from C$82.00 to C$78.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday. CIBC cut their price objective on Stella-Jones from C$86.00 to C$79.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Finally, National Bankshares cut their price objective on Stella-Jones from C$93.00 to C$92.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, four have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of C$84.50.

Stella-Jones Price Performance

Stella-Jones stock opened at C$76.28 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of C$4.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.32, a PEG ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 0.64. Stella-Jones has a 1 year low of C$62.26 and a 1 year high of C$94.74. The business has a 50-day moving average of C$78.52 and a 200-day moving average of C$72.63. The company has a current ratio of 6.85, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 87.53.

Stella-Jones Company Profile

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.