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Stella-Jones (SJ) Competitors

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C$79.68 -0.09 (-0.11%)
As of 09/15/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

SJ vs. STN, QBR.B, QBR.A, MEG, NVEI, LIF, TIXT, EFX, NEO, and CHR

Should you be buying Stella-Jones stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stella-Jones include Stantec (STN), Quebecor (QBR.B), Quebecor (QBR.A), MEG Energy (MEG), Nuvei (NVEI), Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), Enerflex (EFX), Neo Performance Materials (NEO), and Chorus Aviation (CHR). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Stella-Jones vs. Its Competitors

Stella-Jones (TSE:SJ) and Stantec (TSE:STN) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.

Stella-Jones has a beta of 0.00388, meaning that its stock price is 100% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stantec has a beta of 0.921545, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Stantec had 1 more articles in the media than Stella-Jones. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Stantec and 2 mentions for Stella-Jones. Stella-Jones' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Stantec's score of 0.47 indicating that Stella-Jones is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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
Stella-Jones9.43% 18.36% 9.38%
Stantec 4.78%12.08%5.70%

50.7% of Stella-Jones shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.0% of Stantec shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Stella-Jones shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Stantec shares are owned 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.

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
Stella-JonesC$3.45B1.28C$321.05MC$5.9413.41
StantecC$7.78B2.24C$341.38MC$3.8239.99

Stella-Jones pays an annual dividend of C$1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Stantec pays an annual dividend of C$0.87 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Stella-Jones pays out 19.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stantec pays out 22.8% 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.

Stella-Jones presently has a consensus price target of C$84.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.05%. Stantec has a consensus price target of C$155.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.79%. Given Stella-Jones' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Stella-Jones is more favorable than Stantec.

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

Summary

Stantec beats Stella-Jones on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SJ vs. The Competition

MetricStella-JonesLumber & Wood Production IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$4.40BC$1.32BC$3.64BC$9.42B
Dividend Yield1.55%16.08%5.05%6.50%
P/E Ratio13.4185.56158.7125.95
Price / Sales1.2816.0116,497.249.54
Price / CashN/A16.7624.1883.29
Price / Book2.451.346.665.61
Net IncomeC$321.05M-C$82.94MC$149.17MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance0.85%-0.30%2.26%1.73%
1 Month Performance3.51%-0.50%10.56%8.54%
1 Year Performance-15.34%33.16%45.24%37.38%

Stella-Jones Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SJ
Stella-Jones
1.8301 of 5 stars
C$79.68
-0.1%
C$84.50
+6.0%
-14.5%C$4.40BC$3.45B13.41280
STN
Stantec
2.0869 of 5 stars
C$148.55
-0.9%
C$155.50
+4.7%
+45.3%C$16.94BC$7.78B38.8931,000Dividend Announcement
QBR.B
Quebecor
1.314 of 5 stars
C$43.81
+0.8%
C$42.22
-3.6%
N/AC$10.05BC$5.61B13.1210,039News Coverage
QBR.A
Quebecor
1.0374 of 5 stars
C$43.92
+0.7%
C$43.25
-1.5%
+29.2%C$9.99BC$5.61B13.1510,000
MEG
MEG Energy
2.352 of 5 stars
C$29.02
+2.4%
C$30.78
+6.1%
+18.4%C$7.38BC$4.81B13.89449Dividend Increase
NVEI
Nuvei
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$3.13BC$1.31B-432.821,370
LIF
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty
2.3145 of 5 stars
C$27.67
+1.8%
C$33.50
+21.1%
-6.3%C$1.77BC$180.96M15.63600News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
TIXT
TELUS International (Cda)
0.7169 of 5 stars
C$6.20
+0.3%
C$3.40
-45.2%
+25.1%C$1.73BC$2.72B-4.4973,100Positive News
EFX
Enerflex
2.9506 of 5 stars
C$13.90
+0.3%
C$16.88
+21.4%
+103.6%C$1.70BC$2.33B13.3714,000
NEO
Neo Performance Materials
2.649 of 5 stars
C$16.36
-1.4%
C$22.00
+34.5%
+119.3%C$680.56MC$482.49M-65.442,100Dividend Announcement
CHR
Chorus Aviation
0.5498 of 5 stars
C$20.09
-1.2%
C$19.48
-3.1%
+633.7%C$516.86MC$1.37B-21.844,573

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This page (TSE:SJ) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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