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Stella-Jones - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Stella-Jones M&A Summary

Stella-Jones has acquired 6 companies, including 3 in the last 5 years. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms.

Stella-Jones’ largest acquisition to date was in 2010, when it acquired Tangent Rail for $165M. Stella-Jones has acquired in 2 different US states, and 2 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include forest products (60%) and transportation (20%).

Stella-Jones Business Overview

Where is Stella-Jones headquartered?

Stella-Jones is headquartered in Saint-Laurent, Quebec.

What is Stella-Jones’ revenue?

Stella-Jones disclosed revenue of 3,319M CAD for 2023 and 3,065M CAD for 2022.

How many employees does Stella-Jones have?

Stella-Jones has 3,000 employees.

What sector is Stella-Jones in?

Stella-Jones is a forest products company.

When was Stella-Jones founded?

Stella-Jones was founded in 1992.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity5
    • M&A Buy Activity5
  • Total Sectors Invested 3
  • Total Countries Invested 2
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 2

Stella-Jones

Stella-Jones, Inc.

3100 de la Côte-Vertu Boulevard, Suite 300,
Saint-Laurent, Quebec H4R 2J8
Canada,
(514) 934-8666
www.stella-jones.com

Stella-Jones is a leading North American manufacturer of pressure treated wood products. The Company's core product categories, railway ties and utility poles, provide basic elements of the economy's physical infrastructure. Stella-Jones' network of twenty-seven wood treating facilities are spread across fifteen U.S. states and five Canadian provinces. Stella-Jones was founded in 1992 and is based in Saint-Laurent, Canada.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (0.6/yr) # 2 2 - - - 1 5
vol $225M $103M $328M
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  5

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Locweld, Inc. 2025-05-07 - Add-on Acquisition
Candiac, Quebec · www.locweld.com
Cahaba Pressure Treated Forest Products, Inc. 2021-11-03 66M USD Add-on Acquisition
Brierfield, Alabama · www.cahabapressure.com
Cahaba Timber, Inc. 2021-11-03 37M USD Add-on Acquisition
Brierfield, Alabama · www.cahabatimber.com
Ram Forest Group, Inc. 2015-10-02 60M USD Add-on Acquisition
Gormley, Ontario · www.ram-forest.com
Tangent Rail Corp. 2010-04-05 165M USD Add-on Acquisition
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · www.tangentrail.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Forest Products 3 (60%) 163M (50%) - -
Energy Services and Equipment 1 (20%) - - -
Transportation 1 (20%) 165M (50%) - -
Total 5 $328M - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 3 268M - -
  Alabama 2 103M - -
  Pennsylvania 1 165M - -
Canada 2 60M - -
  Quebec 1 - - -
  Ontario 1 60M - -
Domestic 2 (40%) 60M (18%) - -
Cross-border 3 (60%) 268M (82%) - -
Total 5 $328M - -

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $165M
< $100M 3 $163M
TOTAL $328M
Largest Tangent Rail Corp.
$165M (2010-04-05)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
20%
1 (20%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Forest Products

Revenue

3,319   9% 2023
3,065   12% 2022
2,750   8% 2021
2,551   18% 2020
2,169   3% 2019
2,124   13% 2018
1,886   3% 2017
1,838   18% 2016
1,559   25% 2015
1,249   2014
(millions of CAD) Show More Show Less

Employees

3,000

Established

1992

Public

Toronto (TSX): SJ

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