SJ vs. STN, MEG, QBR.B, QBR.A, NVEI, LIF, EFX, TIXT, CHR, and FC
Should you be buying Stella-Jones stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stella-Jones include Stantec (STN), MEG Energy (MEG), Quebecor (QBR.B), Quebecor (QBR.A), Nuvei (NVEI), Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF), Enerflex (EFX), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), Chorus Aviation (CHR), and Firm Capital Mortgage Investment (FC). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Stella-Jones vs. Its Competitors
Stantec (TSE:STN) and Stella-Jones (TSE:SJ) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
Stella-Jones has a net margin of 9.43% compared to Stantec's net margin of 4.78%. Stella-Jones' return on equity of 18.36% beat Stantec's return on equity.
Stantec presently has a consensus target price of C$149.17, suggesting a potential downside of 2.24%. Stella-Jones has a consensus target price of C$84.80, suggesting a potential upside of 5.84%. Given Stella-Jones' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Stella-Jones is more favorable than Stantec.
73.5% of Stantec shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.6% of Stella-Jones shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Stantec shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Stella-Jones shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Stantec pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Stella-Jones pays an annual dividend of C$1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Stantec pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stella-Jones pays out 19.6% 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. Stella-Jones is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Stantec has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stella-Jones has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Stantec has higher revenue and earnings than Stella-Jones. Stella-Jones is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stantec, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Stantec had 4 more articles in the media than Stella-Jones. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Stantec and 5 mentions for Stella-Jones. Stantec's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Stella-Jones' score of 0.36 indicating that Stantec is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Stantec beats Stella-Jones on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:SJ) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
