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STN vs. TCOM, WCN, RDDT, IQV, AER, TOST, CPAY, GIB, RBA, and Z

Should you be buying Stantec stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stantec include Trip.com Group (TCOM), Waste Connections (WCN), Reddit (RDDT), IQVIA (IQV), Aercap (AER), Toast (TOST), Corpay (CPAY), CGI Group (GIB), RB Global (RBA), and Zillow Group (Z). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Stantec vs. Its Competitors

Stantec (NYSE:STN) and Trip.com Group (NASDAQ:TCOM) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

Stantec has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trip.com Group has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Trip.com Group had 2 more articles in the media than Stantec. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Trip.com Group and 9 mentions for Stantec. Stantec's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Trip.com Group's score of 1.30 indicating that Stantec is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Stantec
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Trip.com Group
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Trip.com Group has a net margin of 31.58% compared to Stantec's net margin of 5.62%. Stantec's return on equity of 19.03% beat Trip.com Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Stantec5.62% 19.03% 8.04%
Trip.com Group 31.58%11.30%6.60%

63.9% of Stantec shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.4% of Trip.com Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Stantec shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of Trip.com Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Trip.com Group has higher revenue and earnings than Stantec. Trip.com Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stantec, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Stantec$7.78B1.60$263.82M$2.7439.83
Trip.com Group$57.29B0.83$2.34B$3.6519.86

Stantec pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Trip.com Group pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Stantec pays out 23.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trip.com Group pays out 7.7% 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 has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Stantec is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Trip.com Group has a consensus target price of $76.98, indicating a potential upside of 6.18%. Given Trip.com Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Trip.com Group is more favorable than Stantec.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Stantec
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Trip.com Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.15

Summary

Trip.com Group beats Stantec on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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STN vs. The Competition

MetricStantecConsulting IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.45B$6.58B$26.07B$21.39B
Dividend Yield0.61%1.71%2.74%3.50%
P/E Ratio39.8322.9226.8729.42
Price / Sales1.602.661,074.3383.14
Price / Cash20.4416.5126.9024.61
Price / Book5.795.357.854.54
Net Income$263.82M$272.15M$199.14M$999.91M
7 Day Performance0.25%1.15%9.00%0.86%
1 Month Performance-0.42%0.91%21.31%5.13%
1 Year Performance41.93%-7.66%53.17%16.56%

Stantec Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STN
Stantec
2.9155 of 5 stars
$109.13
+1.4%
N/A+38.1%$12.45B$7.78B39.8332,000Positive News
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.3669 of 5 stars
$73.75
-1.7%
$76.98
+4.4%
+53.2%$48.18B$7.30B20.2141,073Positive News
WCN
Waste Connections
4.9154 of 5 stars
$185.10
+1.0%
$215.00
+16.2%
-4.1%$47.75B$8.92B74.6423,854Positive News
RDDT
Reddit
3.0735 of 5 stars
$225.28
-0.1%
$175.38
-22.2%
+317.2%$42.13B$1.30B204.802,233Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
IQV
IQVIA
4.9612 of 5 stars
$190.71
+1.0%
$228.62
+19.9%
-21.2%$32.44B$15.41B27.6088,000Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
AER
Aercap
2.9756 of 5 stars
$123.62
-0.1%
$122.57
-0.9%
+33.2%$23.07B$8.00B7.69740Positive News
TOST
Toast
4.2192 of 5 stars
$45.16
+0.5%
$45.54
+0.8%
+73.2%$23.00B$4.96B132.835,700Positive News
Short Interest ↓
CPAY
Corpay
4.3389 of 5 stars
$325.64
+0.1%
$399.43
+22.7%
+1.8%$23.00B$3.97B22.1211,200Positive News
GIB
CGI Group
3.8559 of 5 stars
$97.13
+0.7%
$148.25
+52.6%
-15.5%$21.66B$10.79B17.9590,250Positive News
RBA
RB Global
4.1481 of 5 stars
$114.57
-0.1%
$124.33
+8.5%
+39.3%$21.25B$4.28B56.727,800Positive News
Z
Zillow Group
2.2041 of 5 stars
$84.31
-1.2%
$88.29
+4.7%
+61.2%$20.43B$2.24B-324.275,720Positive News

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