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Stella-Jones (SJ) Competitors

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C$78.73 -0.93 (-1.17%)
As of 01:18 PM Eastern

SJ vs. STN, MEG, QBR.B, NVEI, QBR.A, 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), Nuvei (NVEI), Quebecor (QBR.A), 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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

In the previous week, Stantec had 4 more articles in the media than Stella-Jones. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Stantec and 1 mentions for Stella-Jones. Stantec's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Stella-Jones' score of 0.00 indicating that Stantec is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Stantec
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Stella-Jones
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Stantec has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stella-Jones has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
StantecC$7.14B2.42C$341.38MC$3.0050.61
Stella-JonesC$3.41B1.29C$321.05MC$5.7313.75

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Stantec4.78% 12.08% 5.70%
Stella-Jones 9.43%18.36%9.38%

Stantec currently has a consensus target price of C$151.42, indicating a potential downside of 0.15%. Stella-Jones has a consensus target price of C$84.80, indicating a potential upside of 7.71%. Given Stella-Jones' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Stella-Jones is more favorable than Stantec.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Stantec
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Stella-Jones
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Stantec beats Stella-Jones on 10 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE 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.
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SJ vs. The Competition

MetricStella-JonesLumber & Wood Production IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$4.41BC$1.44BC$3.25BC$6.37B
Dividend Yield1.61%16.17%5.21%6.72%
P/E Ratio13.7510.80106.0460.12
Price / Sales1.2915.8431,270,591,557,449,000.001,432.28
Price / CashN/A16.7623.8683.29
Price / Book2.421.345.974.90
Net IncomeC$321.05M-C$82.94MC$148.72MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-0.25%-2.01%1.96%0.33%
1 Month Performance-0.11%-3.40%3.08%1.88%
1 Year Performance-13.63%60.07%35.10%31.38%

Stella-Jones Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SJ
Stella-Jones
0.9139 of 5 stars
C$78.73
-1.2%
C$84.80
+7.7%
-13.3%C$4.41BC$3.41B13.75280
STN
Stantec
2.048 of 5 stars
C$149.10
-1.3%
C$150.17
+0.7%
+31.1%C$17.00BC$7.14B49.7631,000News Coverage
MEG
MEG Energy
2.6246 of 5 stars
C$27.74
+2.2%
C$30.61
+10.4%
-0.7%C$7.19BC$5.39B14.69449Dividend Increase
QBR.B
Quebecor
1.0347 of 5 stars
C$39.42
-3.2%
C$40.39
+2.5%
+25.9%C$6.22BC$5.67B12.4410,039News Coverage
NVEI
Nuvei
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$3.13BC$1.31B-432.821,370
QBR.A
Quebecor
N/AC$39.91
-2.4%
N/AN/AC$3.06BC$5.67B12.5910,000Gap Down
LIF
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty
1.567 of 5 stars
C$27.32
-0.9%
C$33.50
+22.6%
-12.1%C$1.76BC$208.43M8.95600News Coverage
EFX
Enerflex
1.9562 of 5 stars
C$11.18
+1.6%
C$15.71
+40.5%
+55.1%C$1.39BC$3.09B-12.1514,000
TIXT
TELUS International (Cda)
0.8876 of 5 stars
C$5.55
-1.2%
C$3.40
-38.7%
-14.6%C$1.07BC$1.86B34.4273,100
CHR
Chorus Aviation
0.845 of 5 stars
C$22.77
+0.9%
C$12.88
-43.5%
+730.5%C$618.44MC$218.98M-37.594,573News Coverage
Dividend Cut
NEO
Neo Performance Materials
1.1172 of 5 stars
C$16.46
+0.5%
C$14.00
-14.9%
+128.9%C$481.73MC$324.14M-216.172,100

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