Richard Cuddihy Buys 500 Shares of Stella-Jones Inc. (TSE:SJ) Stock

Stella-Jones Inc. (TSE:SJ) Senior Officer Richard Cuddihy acquired 500 shares of Stella-Jones stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 13th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of C$70.85 per share, with a total value of C$35,424.00.

Stella-Jones Price Performance

Shares of SJ stock traded down C$0.71 on Friday, reaching C$67.68. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 68,115 shares, compared to its average volume of 142,824. The company has a market capitalization of C$3.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 0.64. Stella-Jones Inc. has a 1 year low of C$67.13 and a 1 year high of C$98.00. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is C$87.37 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$87.37. The company has a current ratio of 6.57, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 93.08.

Stella-Jones Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 20th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 2nd will be issued a dividend of $0.28 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 2nd. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.65%. Stella-Jones’s dividend payout ratio is currently 18.09%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. CIBC decreased their price target on Stella-Jones from C$99.00 to C$83.00 in a report on Thursday, November 7th. Royal Bank of Canada decreased their price objective on shares of Stella-Jones from C$97.00 to C$81.00 in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Scotiabank decreased their price target on Stella-Jones from C$95.00 to C$85.00 in a report on Thursday, November 7th. Finally, TD Securities decreased their target price on Stella-Jones from C$103.00 to C$88.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of C$88.00.

About Stella-Jones

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.