Research Analysts Offer Predictions for Stantec Q4 Earnings

Stantec Inc. (TSE:STN - Free Report) NYSE: STN - Equities researchers at Atb Cap Markets increased their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Stantec in a note issued to investors on Thursday, May 15th. Atb Cap Markets analyst C. Murray now expects that the company will post earnings of $1.29 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.27.

Several other brokerages have also commented on STN. ATB Capital increased their price objective on shares of Stantec from C$140.00 to C$145.00 and gave the company a "sector perform" rating in a research report on Thursday. National Bankshares upped their price target on shares of Stantec from C$144.00 to C$147.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday. Desjardins lifted their price objective on shares of Stantec from C$148.00 to C$153.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday. CIBC boosted their price objective on shares of Stantec from C$141.00 to C$156.00 in a report on Thursday. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on Stantec from C$143.00 to C$156.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of C$148.42.

Stantec Stock Up 0.6%

TSE STN traded up C$0.80 during trading on Monday, hitting C$139.76. The company's stock had a trading volume of 588,300 shares, compared to its average volume of 276,843. Stantec has a fifty-two week low of C$103.48 and a fifty-two week high of C$143.95. The company has a market cap of C$15.93 billion, a PE ratio of 46.64, a P/E/G ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 0.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 85.29, a current ratio of 1.42 and a quick ratio of 1.46. The business's 50 day simple moving average is C$123.11 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$117.97.

Stantec Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 15th were given a dividend of $0.225 per share. This is an increase from Stantec's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. This represents a $0.90 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.64%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 28th. Stantec's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 28.03%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Stantec

In other news, Director Clayton Bock purchased 1,250 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 22nd. The shares were bought at an average price of C$139.51 per share, for a total transaction of C$174,392.88. Company insiders own 0.27% of the company's stock.

About Stantec

Stantec Inc is a sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting company. The company is geographically diversified in three regional operating units namely Canada, the United States and Global, offering similar services across all regions. The company offers services in various sectors across the project life cycle through five business operating units infrastructure, water, buildings, environmental services, and energy and resources.