New York, May 27, 2026, 04:48 ET
Jewett-Cameron Trading Co. Ltd. shares changed hands at $2.25 ahead of Wednesday’s open, up 13 cents on the day. That price gives the Oregon-based supplier a market cap near $7.9 million, keeping the stock exposed to even light trading activity.
The timing counts here. Nasdaq’s regular hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET, and U.S. markets opened again Tuesday following the Memorial Day break on May 25.
Small stocks got a lift as the Nasdaq Composite climbed 1.2% to a new high on Tuesday and the Russell 2000 added 1.8%. That gave smaller names a steadier tone after the long weekend.
Jewett-Cameron is still a turnaround play for investors, with the balance sheet in focus. The most recent investor update came on April 13 for fiscal Q2, saying sales were up but losses got bigger while the company cleared old inventory and worked to cut costs.
Jewett-Cameron’s revenue climbed to $10.5 million in the quarter ended Feb. 28, up from $9.1 million last year, as the company moved slow pet products and extra cedar fencing out of inventory. Management warned these liquidation sales aren’t likely to recur.
Margins keep slipping for Jewett-Cameron. Gross margin dropped to 15.7% from 20.1% last year, and the company reported a net loss of $1.25 million, or 35 cents per share. CEO Chad Summers said, “tariff uncertainty continues to create cost pressure” and blamed “soft consumer sentiment” for weaker demand in both do-it-yourself and professional home-improvement markets. GlobeNewswire
Company inventory dropped to $9.6 million at Feb. 28 from $15.9 million at Aug. 31, according to a filing. Bank debt climbed to $4.28 million from $2.10 million. The company has been working to turn inventory into cash. Its credit line runs out June 30.
Jewett-Cameron is in fencing, pet, industrial wood and outdoor goods, and that puts it in the same demand cycle as Home Depot and Lowe’s. Last week, Home Depot pointed to uneven demand for big remodeling jobs. Joseph Feldman at Telsey Advisory Group said a real pick up in housing demand “still appears some time away.” Reuters
Consumer signals are messy too. U.S. consumer confidence dropped in May, Reuters said Tuesday. Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, said Americans were “trying to stretch every dollar.” Reuters
Jewett-Cameron is looking at its non-core assets. CEO Summers said the focus is still on “unlocking value from non-core assets,” which could mean partnerships, divestitures or selling real estate. The company said it won’t provide updates on the talks unless it signs a definitive deal. GlobeNewswire
Downside is clear enough. If inventory clearances continue with low margins, or asset sales and partnerships drag out, the bounce in the stock may not hold. Trading is thin, receivables are tied up with a few customers, and the company faces a June credit-line deadline that doesn’t leave much cushion for mistakes.
