WSP Global (WSP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

WSP Global Inc provides engineering and design services to clients in the Transportation & Infrastructure, Property and Buildings, Environment, Power and Energy, Resources, and Industry sectors. It also offers strategic advisory services. The firm operates through four reportable segments namely, Canada, Americas ( US and Latin America), EMEIA (Europe, Middle East, India and Africa), and APAC (Asia Pacific, comprising Australia, New Zealand and Asia).

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$198.00 to C$201.50
• 50-Day Range: C$161.64 to C$197.73
• 52-Week Range: C$156.64 to C$275.24
• Volume: 235,547 shs
• Average Volume: 542,335 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$27.10 billion
• P/E Ratio: 28.68
• Dividend Yield: 0.75%
• Price Target: C$289.62
• Consensus Rating: Buy

WSP Global Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

WSP Global scored higher than 70% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

WSP Global has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.08, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 12 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

WSP Global has a consensus price target of C$289.62, representing about 44.1% upside from its current price of C$201.02.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

WSP Global has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of WSP Global is 28.68, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 27.15.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of WSP Global is 28.68, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 33.50.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

WSP Global has a PEG Ratio of 1.09. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

WSP Global has a P/B Ratio of 2.60. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for WSP.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

WSP Global has a dividend yield of 0.80%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

WSP Global does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of WSP Global is 21.40%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.72

News Sentiment

WSP Global has a news sentiment score of 0.72. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.49 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for WSP Global this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 7 people have searched for WSP on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -22% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 5 people have added WSP Global to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -17% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, WSP Global insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.06% of the stock of WSP Global is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

41.53% of the stock of WSP Global is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Construction & Engineering
• Sub-Industry: Construction & Engineering
• Current Symbol: TSE:WSP
• Previous Symbol: TSE:GNV
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.wsp.com
• Phone: +1-514-3400046
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 84,600
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for WSP Global: C$289.62
• High Price Target: C$369.00
• Low Price Target: C$216.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +45.3%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.08
• Research Coverage: 13 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$7.01
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 28.43
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: 1.09
• Net Income: C$667.50 million
• Net Margins: 4.81%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 9.52%
• Return on Assets: 5.07%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 84.47
• Current Ratio: 1.20
• Quick Ratio: 1.04

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$19.34 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.39
• Cash Flow: C$4.40 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 45.24
• Book Value: C$77.44 per share
• Price / Book: 2.57

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 134,817,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$26.86 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.40