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Stella-Jones Inc. (SJ.TO) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Stella-Jones Inc.

SJ.TO in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Stella-Jones treats wood with pressure to make products that resist rot and decay, sold mainly to utilities and railways. It makes utility poles, crossarms and railway ties, plus residential lumber and treated wood for bridges, marine and foundation piling, alongside coal tar-based products. It also sells logs and surplus lumber into local building markets. The company runs two segments, pressure-treated wood and logs and lumber, and is based in Saint-Laurent, Canada.
Where it sits in the stack
Stella-Jones carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out layers the diary tracks. It belongs to the Basic Materials sector, in the Lumber & Wood Production industry, supplying infrastructure materials to utilities and railways rather than chip or data-centre buyers.
Who it is priced against
Our universe groups it with other treated-wood and infrastructure-materials suppliers in Lumber & Wood Production; the comparison the market sometimes draws is with Koppers Holdings, which also makes treated wood and utility-pole products.
Why Closelook tracks it
Stella-Jones holds no seat in our index and carries no Closelook score; the diary has not quoted it in any edition to date.
What the diary watches
Whether demand from utility pole replacement and railway tie renewal holds up, since the stock has drifted well below its recent high and its longer moving averages.

Stella-Jones Inc. (SJ.TO) trades on the TO exchange in Canada, classified under Basic Materials.

The Closelook company score reads 51/100 composite (momentum 14, quality 45, valuation 74) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for SJ.TO, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Basic Materials · Canada · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Basic Materials · Canada

Scored names in the same sector and country from the Closelook universe.

Compared against SJ.TO on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.91%, quarterly · buybacks 90 m CAD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What SJ.TO pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.33 CAD per share · a 1.91% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +41.8% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.94 CAD per share
  • Last distribution 0.34 CAD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-03
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.25 CAD (partial) · 2026: 1.02 CAD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-04-01
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 68 m CAD 26% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 90 m CAD 2.4% of today's market value
  • Share count −1.8% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 158 m CAD · 35% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Stella-Jones Inc. (SJ.TO)?

Stella-Jones Inc. trades as SJ.TO on the TO exchange (Canada) and is classified under Basic Materials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is SJ.TO in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Stella-Jones Inc. is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is Stella-Jones Inc.'s Closelook composite score?

51 out of 100, with momentum 14, quality 45 and valuation 74 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does SJ.TO trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -5.3% vs the 50-day and -15.9% vs the 200-day average, 30.5% below the 52-week high and +4.1% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Stella-Jones Inc. do?

Stella-Jones treats wood with pressure to make products that resist rot and decay, sold mainly to utilities and railways. It makes utility poles, crossarms and railway ties, plus residential lumber and treated wood for bridges, marine and foundation piling, alongside coal tar-based products. It also sells logs and surplus lumber into local building markets. Our universe groups it with other treated-wood and infrastructure-materials suppliers in Lumber & Wood Production; the comparison the market sometimes draws is with Koppers Holdings, which also makes treated wood and utility-pole products.

Where does Stella-Jones Inc. sit in the AI build-out?

Stella-Jones carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out layers the diary tracks. It belongs to the Basic Materials sector, in the Lumber & Wood Production industry, supplying infrastructure materials to utilities and railways rather than chip or data-centre buyers. Stella-Jones holds no seat in our index and carries no Closelook score; the diary has not quoted it in any edition to date.

Does Stella-Jones Inc. pay a dividend?

Stella-Jones Inc. has paid 1.33 CAD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.91% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.34 CAD on 2026-09-03. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 68 m CAD in dividends and bought back 90 m CAD of its own shares, 35% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 1.8% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for SJ.TO, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Lumber & Wood Production, then Basic Materials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.