Insider Selling: Stella-Jones Inc. (TSE:SJ) Director Sells C$464,583.48 in Stock

Stella-Jones Inc. (TSE:SJ) Director James Augustus Manzi sold 5,000 shares of Stella-Jones stock in a transaction on Friday, September 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$92.92, for a total value of C$464,583.48.

James Augustus Manzi also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, June 18th, James Augustus Manzi sold 5,000 shares of Stella-Jones stock. The shares were sold at an average price of C$61.93, for a total transaction of C$309,661.50.

Stella-Jones Trading Down 2.0 %

SJ opened at C$90.97 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is C$91.93 and its two-hundred day moving average is C$85.07. The firm has a market cap of C$5.13 billion, a PE ratio of 14.70, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 0.64. Stella-Jones Inc. has a twelve month low of C$61.94 and a twelve month high of C$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.

Stella-Jones (TSE:SJ) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 7th. The company reported C$1.94 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of C$1.96 by C($0.02). Stella-Jones had a return on equity of 20.64% and a net margin of 10.20%. The business had revenue of C$1.05 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of C$1.07 billion. Equities research analysts anticipate that Stella-Jones Inc. will post 6.5134948 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms recently weighed in on SJ. Royal Bank of Canada downgraded shares of Stella-Jones from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and set a C$94.00 price target for the company. in a research note on Monday, July 8th. CIBC upped their target price on shares of Stella-Jones from C$94.00 to C$97.00 in a research report on Thursday, August 8th. National Bankshares raised their price target on Stella-Jones from C$91.00 to C$99.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 16th. Finally, TD Securities lifted their price objective on Stella-Jones from C$98.00 to C$103.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 8th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Stella-Jones presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of C$95.50.

Stella-Jones Company Profile

Stella-Jones Inc produces and sells pressure-treated wood products in Canada and the United States. It operates through two segments, Pressure-Treated Wood; and Logs and Lumber. The company offers railway ties and timbers for short line and commercial railroad operators; and wood utility poles for electrical utilities and telecommunication companies.