Stantec (STN) Competitors $100.21 -1.54 (-1.52%) Closing price 05/21/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$100.20 0.00 (0.00%) As of 05/21/2025 04:51 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock STN vs. IQV, CPAY, GIB, TOST, AER, GRAB, RDDT, RBA, GFL, and TRUShould you be buying Stantec stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stantec include IQVIA (IQV), Corpay (CPAY), CGI (GIB), Toast (TOST), AerCap (AER), Grab (GRAB), Reddit (RDDT), RB Global (RBA), GFL Environmental (GFL), and TransUnion (TRU). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry. Stantec vs. IQVIA Corpay CGI Toast AerCap Grab Reddit RB Global GFL Environmental TransUnion Stantec (NYSE:STN) and IQVIA (NYSE:IQV) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership. Do analysts recommend STN or IQV? IQVIA has a consensus price target of $228.14, suggesting a potential upside of 66.12%. Given IQVIA's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe IQVIA 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) 6 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00IQVIA 0 Sell rating(s) 7 Hold rating(s) 16 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.75 Which has better earnings & valuation, STN or IQV? IQVIA has higher revenue and earnings than Stantec. IQVIA 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 RatioStantec$7.70B1.48$245.35M$2.4241.41IQVIA$15.50B1.53$1.37B$7.3418.71 Do insiders & institutionals believe in STN or IQV? 63.9% of Stantec shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of IQVIA shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Stantec shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of IQVIA shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is STN or IQV more profitable? IQVIA has a net margin of 8.91% compared to Stantec's net margin of 4.78%. IQVIA's return on equity of 28.81% beat Stantec's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Stantec4.78% 16.57% 6.99% IQVIA 8.91%28.81%7.02% Which has more risk and volatility, STN or IQV? Stantec has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IQVIA has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community favor STN or IQV? IQVIA received 278 more outperform votes than Stantec when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.12% of users gave IQVIA an outperform vote while only 60.27% of users gave Stantec an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformStantecOutperform Votes40860.27% Underperform Votes26939.73% IQVIAOutperform Votes68668.12% Underperform Votes32131.88% Does the media prefer STN or IQV? In the previous week, Stantec had 17 more articles in the media than IQVIA. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Stantec and 27 mentions for IQVIA. IQVIA's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Stantec's score of 1.02 indicating that IQVIA is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Stantec 18 Very Positive mention(s) 3 Positive mention(s) 7 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive IQVIA 20 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryIQVIA beats Stantec on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Stantec News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for STN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart STN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricStantecEngineering services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$11.43B$4.52B$16.37B$19.37BDividend Yield0.63%1.09%2.49%3.84%P/E Ratio45.5530.5732.2034.23Price / Sales1.481.63266.8434.85Price / Cash17.1029.7131.5317.51Price / Book5.604.765.284.69Net Income$245.35M$168.37M$195.26M$1.02B7 Day Performance6.23%2.75%-0.94%-1.34%1 Month Performance16.17%14.80%17.47%9.79%1 Year Performance24.65%26.60%14.62%3.27% Stantec Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)STNStantec2.3436 of 5 stars$100.21-1.5%N/A+24.7%$11.43B$7.70B45.5526,000Trending NewsDividend IncreaseAnalyst RevisionHigh Trading VolumeIQVIQVIA4.9318 of 5 stars$156.09+4.8%$231.71+48.4%-40.1%$27.00B$15.50B20.8186,000Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastHigh Trading VolumeCPAYCorpay4.3446 of 5 stars$349.68+6.8%$395.07+13.0%+20.1%$24.57B$4.05B25.0110,500Positive NewsGIBCGI3.8098 of 5 stars$107.99+1.9%$156.75+45.2%+2.3%$24.48B$15.14B19.5390,000Positive NewsTOSTToast2.619 of 5 stars$42.85+4.9%$40.91-4.5%+61.3%$21.31B$5.22B-4,280.324,500Gap UpHigh Trading VolumeAERAerCap3.4288 of 5 stars$111.37+1.6%$118.00+6.0%+22.5%$20.47B$8.06B8.82740Positive NewsGRABGrab1.844 of 5 stars$4.99+1.8%$5.60+12.1%+29.3%$20.09B$2.92B-249.509,490Gap UpRDDTReddit3.8907 of 5 stars$111.05+2.4%$140.35+26.4%+61.4%$20.09B$1.45B-14.372,013Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastInsider TradeGap DownRBARB Global2.817 of 5 stars$104.16-1.7%$114.50+9.9%+43.1%$19.29B$4.33B51.824,200Positive NewsAnalyst UpgradeGFLGFL Environmental3.375 of 5 stars$48.68-2.0%$54.14+11.2%+57.2%$19.15B$7.99B-36.6019,500Positive NewsTRUTransUnion4.8129 of 5 stars$91.81+6.6%$109.38+19.1%+7.5%$17.91B$4.26B62.8812,200Positive NewsGap Down Related Companies and Tools Related Companies IQVIA Competitors Corpay Competitors CGI Competitors Toast Competitors AerCap Competitors Grab Competitors Reddit Competitors RB Global Competitors GFL Environmental Competitors TransUnion Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:STN) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersJuly 2025 Rule Change to Impact Retirement InvestorsThere's a massive change from a new rule going into effect this July. 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