SJ vs. STN, MEG, QBR.B, QBR.A, NVEI, LIF, EFX, TIXT, CHR, and NEO
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 Neo Performance Materials (NEO). 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 stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk and earnings.
Stantec currently has a consensus target price of C$155.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.41%. Stella-Jones has a consensus target price of C$84.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.31%. Given Stella-Jones' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Stella-Jones is more favorable than Stantec.
Stantec has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stella-Jones has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
73.5% of Stantec shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.6% of Stella-Jones shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Stantec shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Stella-Jones shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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 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 3 more articles in the media than Stella-Jones. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Stantec and 2 mentions for Stella-Jones. Stella-Jones' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Stantec's score of 0.10 indicating that Stella-Jones is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Stantec beats Stella-Jones on 9 of the 17 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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This page (TSE:SJ) was last updated on 8/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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