STN vs. WSP, SNC, BDGI, BAD, BDT, ARE, IBG, DRT, CKK, and RBA
Should you be buying Stantec stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stantec include WSP Global (WSP), SNC-Lavalin Group (SNC), Badger Infrastructure Solutions (BDGI), Badger Daylighting (BAD), Bird Construction (BDT), Aecon Group (ARE), IBI Group (IBG), DIRTT Environmental Solutions (DRT), Cordy Oilfield Services (CKK), and RB Global (RBA). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
WSP Global (TSE:WSP) and Stantec (TSE:STN) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
WSP Global received 141 more outperform votes than Stantec when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.62% of users gave WSP Global an outperform vote while only 51.49% of users gave Stantec an outperform vote.
Stantec has a net margin of 6.64% compared to Stantec's net margin of 3.88%. WSP Global's return on equity of 13.32% beat Stantec's return on equity.
WSP Global has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stantec has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
WSP Global pays an annual dividend of C$1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Stantec pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. WSP Global pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stantec pays out 27.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Stantec is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
WSP Global has higher revenue and earnings than Stantec. Stantec is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WSP Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
60.2% of WSP Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.0% of Stantec shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of WSP Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Stantec shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
WSP Global currently has a consensus price target of C$237.08, suggesting a potential upside of 15.65%. Stantec has a consensus price target of C$120.85, suggesting a potential upside of 9.86%. Given Stantec's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe WSP Global is more favorable than Stantec.
In the previous week, WSP Global and WSP Global both had 1 articles in the media. Stantec's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat WSP Global's score of 0.00 indicating that WSP Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
WSP Global beats Stantec on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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