Stantec Inc. (TSE:STN - Free Report) NYSE: STN - Analysts at Stifel Canada lifted their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for Stantec in a research report issued on Thursday, May 15th. Stifel Canada analyst I. Gillies now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $1.55 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.46. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for Stantec's Q4 2025 earnings at $1.35 EPS and Q1 2026 earnings at $1.47 EPS.
A number of other analysts also recently issued reports on the stock. Royal Bank of Canada lifted their price objective on shares of Stantec from C$138.00 to C$150.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday. Raymond James upgraded shares of Stantec from a "market perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and lifted their price objective for the company from C$130.00 to C$140.00 in a report on Wednesday, February 26th. Desjardins lifted their price objective on shares of Stantec from C$148.00 to C$153.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday. Scotiabank lifted their price objective on shares of Stantec from C$144.00 to C$146.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday. Finally, TD Securities lifted their price objective on shares of Stantec from C$145.00 to C$165.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of C$148.42.
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Stantec Stock Up 0.0%
STN traded up C$0.06 during trading on Monday, reaching C$139.82. The company had a trading volume of 253,186 shares, compared to its average volume of 276,604. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 85.29, a current ratio of 1.42 and a quick ratio of 1.46. Stantec has a 12 month low of C$103.48 and a 12 month high of C$143.95. The company has a market cap of C$15.94 billion, a P/E ratio of 46.66, a PEG ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 0.82. The business's fifty day moving average price is C$123.51 and its 200 day moving average price is C$118.12.
Stantec Increases Dividend
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 15th were issued a dividend of $0.225 per share. This represents a $0.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.64%. This is an increase from Stantec's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 28th. Stantec's payout ratio is presently 28.03%.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other news, Director Clayton Bock bought 1,250 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 22nd. The shares were acquired at an average cost of C$139.51 per share, for a total transaction of C$174,392.88. 0.27% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
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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.
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