Stella-Jones (TSX:SJ) Risk Assessment

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TSX:SJ Stella-Jones Inc TSX:SJ
89 GF Score
Price C$77.34
GF Value C$85.48
Valuation Modestly Undervalued
! 3 Warning Signs
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What is Stella-Jones Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of Stella-Jones is: Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding.

Stella-Jones  (TSX:SJ) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our Risk Assessment filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab and set your own criteria.

Stella-Jones Risk Assessment Related Terms

TSX:SJ vs SSD, UFPI, BCC: Risk Assessment Comparison

For the Lumber & Wood Production subindustry, Stella-Jones's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Stella-Jones Risk Assessment vs Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Stella-Jones's Risk Assessment distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Stella-Jones's Risk Assessment falls into.


TSX:SJ
89GF Score
Stella-Jones Inc TSX:SJ
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Is Stella-Jones (TSX:SJ) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Stella-Jones stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of C$77.34 is trading 9.5% below its estimated GF Value™ of C$85.48. GuruFocus considers Stella-Jones to be Modestly Undervalued.

Key valuation signals for TSX:SJ:

  • Risk Assessment:
  • GF Value™: C$85.48 vs. price of C$77.34 (9.5% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 89/100 with 3 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the TSX:SJ stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Stella-Jones Business Description

Other Exchanges STLJF:USA97S:Germany
Address 3100 de la Cote-Vertu Boulevard, Suite 300, Saint-Laurent, QC, CAN, H4R 2J8
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 the Logs & Lumber segment comprises 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. Its geographical segments are the United States and Canada, and the majority of its revenue is derived from the United States.
89GF Score

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C$77.34
Price
C$85.48
GF Value