Stella-Jones (TSE:SJ) Insider Mathieu Hebert Acquires 220 Shares of Stock

Stella-Jones Inc. (TSE:SJGet Free Report) insider Mathieu Hebert purchased 220 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 11th. The stock was acquired at an average price of C$70.70 per share, for a total transaction of C$15,554.00. Following the purchase, the insider owned 720 shares in the company, valued at approximately C$50,904. The trade was a 44.00% increase in their position.

Mathieu Hebert also recently made the following trade(s):

  • On Monday, May 11th, Mathieu Hebert acquired 200 shares of Stella-Jones stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of C$70.65 per share, for a total transaction of C$14,130.00.
  • On Monday, May 11th, Mathieu Hebert bought 80 shares of Stella-Jones stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of C$70.73 per share, with a total value of C$5,658.40.

Stella-Jones Price Performance

Shares of SJ stock traded up C$2.17 on Tuesday, reaching C$74.24. The company had a trading volume of 256,286 shares, compared to its average volume of 143,931. The business’s 50-day moving average is C$88.55 and its 200 day moving average is C$88.10. Stella-Jones Inc. has a one year low of C$69.94 and a one year high of C$101.31. The company has a quick ratio of 1.20, a current ratio of 4.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 80.71. The stock has a market capitalization of C$4.05 billion, a PE ratio of 13.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.40 and a beta of -0.15.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on SJ shares. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their price objective on Stella-Jones from C$93.00 to C$85.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce dropped their target price on Stella-Jones from C$96.00 to C$87.00 in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Raymond James Financial reduced their price target on Stella-Jones from C$100.00 to C$95.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, May 7th. TD Securities upped their price objective on Stella-Jones from C$97.00 to C$107.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, March 2nd. Finally, National Bank Financial lowered shares of Stella-Jones from an “outperform” rating to a “hold” rating and dropped their price objective for the company from C$107.00 to C$95.00 in a report on Wednesday, April 8th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of C$95.38.

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About Stella-Jones

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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.

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