STN vs. COHR, CART, AFRM, CFLT, APG, YMM, WEX, PCOR, ULS, and FCN
Should you be buying Stantec stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stantec include Coherent (COHR), Maplebear (CART), Affirm (AFRM), Confluent (CFLT), APi Group (APG), Full Truck Alliance (YMM), WEX (WEX), Procore Technologies (PCOR), UL Solutions (ULS), and FTI Consulting (FCN). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Stantec (NYSE:STN) and Coherent (NYSE:COHR) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk and community ranking.
Stantec has higher revenue and earnings than Coherent. Coherent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stantec, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Stantec has a net margin of 5.19% compared to Coherent's net margin of -6.22%. Stantec's return on equity of 16.51% beat Coherent's return on equity.
Coherent received 139 more outperform votes than Stantec when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.70% of users gave Coherent an outperform vote while only 59.91% of users gave Stantec an outperform vote.
Stantec has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coherent has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Coherent had 3 more articles in the media than Stantec. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Coherent and 3 mentions for Stantec. Stantec's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Coherent's score of -0.51 indicating that Stantec is being referred to more favorably in the media.
63.9% of Stantec shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Coherent shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Stantec shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Coherent shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Stantec currently has a consensus price target of $105.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.92%. Coherent has a consensus price target of $56.36, indicating a potential downside of 4.53%. Given Stantec's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Stantec is more favorable than Coherent.
Summary
Stantec and Coherent tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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