STN vs. WSP, TIH, GFL, EFN, CAE, TFII, AC, RBA, FTT, and BBD.B
Should you be buying Stantec stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stantec include WSP Global (WSP), Toromont Industries (TIH), GFL Environmental (GFL), Element Fleet Management (EFN), CAE (CAE), TFI International (TFII), Air Canada (AC), RB Global (RBA), Finning International (FTT), and Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B). 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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
Stantec has a net margin of 6.54% compared to Stantec's net margin of 3.81%. WSP Global's return on equity of 13.14% beat Stantec's return on equity.
WSP Global presently has a consensus target price of C$236.92, indicating a potential upside of 10.85%. Stantec has a consensus target price of C$120.23, indicating a potential upside of 7.54%. 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, Stantec had 6 more articles in the media than WSP Global. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Stantec and 8 mentions for WSP Global. Stantec's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat WSP Global's score of 0.32 indicating that WSP Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
WSP Global received 142 more outperform votes than Stantec when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.95% of users gave WSP Global an outperform vote while only 51.68% of users gave Stantec an outperform vote.
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 34.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stantec pays out 28.2% 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 a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% 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 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.
60.3% of WSP Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of Stantec shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
WSP Global beats Stantec on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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