Stella-Jones (SJ) Competitors

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C$69.15 +0.72 (+1.05%)
As of 02/7/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

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

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 Midas Gold Corp. (MAX.TO) (MAX). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Stella-Jones vs.

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

Stella-Jones pays an annual dividend of C$1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Stantec pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Stella-Jones pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stantec pays out 27.6% 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.

Stella-Jones has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Stantec. 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$3.46B1.13C$353MC$6.1911.17
StantecC$5.42B2.31C$342.30MC$3.0436.05

Stella-Jones currently has a consensus target price of C$88.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.98%. Stantec has a consensus target price of C$130.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.08%. Given Stella-Jones' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Stantec
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91

In the previous week, Stella-Jones had 3 more articles in the media than Stantec. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Stella-Jones and 0 mentions for Stantec. Stantec's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Stella-Jones' score of -0.49 indicating that Stantec is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Stella-Jones Neutral
Stantec Neutral

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

Stantec received 37 more outperform votes than Stella-Jones when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.44% of users gave Stella-Jones an outperform vote while only 51.08% of users gave Stantec an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Stella-JonesOutperform Votes
413
63.44%
Underperform Votes
238
36.56%
StantecOutperform Votes
450
51.08%
Underperform Votes
431
48.92%

Stella-Jones has a net margin of 10.20% compared to Stantec's net margin of 6.31%. Stella-Jones' return on equity of 20.64% beat Stantec's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Stella-Jones10.20% 20.64% 9.38%
Stantec 6.31%12.91%5.70%

63.6% of Stella-Jones shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.5% of Stantec shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Stella-Jones shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Stantec shares are owned 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.

Summary

Stantec beats Stella-Jones on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SJ vs. The Competition

MetricStella-JonesLumber & Wood Production IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$3.90BC$1.47BC$3.14BC$6.28B
Dividend Yield1.28%15.93%5.20%5.39%
P/E Ratio11.1764.96111.6126.49
Price / Sales1.1313.72681,469.491,334.76
Price / CashN/A16.7624.4282.88
Price / Book2.140.723.883.23
Net IncomeC$353M-C$27.76MC$150.21MC$295.99M
7 Day Performance-1.40%-2.34%1.47%0.23%
1 Month Performance-0.13%-4.57%3.78%2.05%
1 Year Performance-9.35%28.72%31.18%40.41%

Stella-Jones Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SJ
Stella-Jones
3.3548 of 5 stars
C$69.15
+1.1%
C$88.50
+28.0%
-10.1%C$3.90BC$3.46B11.17280
STN
Stantec
1.8141 of 5 stars
C$108.70
-3.4%
C$130.50
+20.1%
-0.2%C$12.40BC$5.42B35.7631,000High Trading Volume
MEG
MEG Energy
4.1367 of 5 stars
C$23.39
-1.8%
C$32.00
+36.8%
-2.6%C$6.30BC$5.62B11.14449Gap Down
QBR.B
Quebecor
2.0676 of 5 stars
C$32.57
+1.0%
C$37.93
+16.5%
+2.5%C$5.14BC$5.67B10.2710,039News Coverage
NVEI
Nuvei
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$3.13BC$1.31B-432.821,370News Coverage
QBR.A
Quebecor
N/AC$32.62
-0.5%
N/A-2.1%C$2.50BC$5.67B10.2910,000High Trading Volume
LIF
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty
1.5973 of 5 stars
C$30.40
-0.4%
C$33.00
+8.6%
-2.5%C$1.95BC$211M9.16600Positive News
EFX
Enerflex
0.9113 of 5 stars
C$13.76
flat
C$13.47
-2.1%
+98.4%C$1.71BC$2.37B-11.9714,000Gap Down
TIXT
TELUS International (Cda)
3.3418 of 5 stars
C$5.51
-1.6%
C$10.00
+81.5%
-55.4%C$611.61MC$2.66B42.3873,100Gap Down
CHR
Chorus Aviation
3.2541 of 5 stars
C$2.78
-2.5%
C$3.45
+24.1%
+17.5%C$531.29MC$1.72B12.094,573News Coverage
Gap Down
MAX
Midas Gold Corp. (MAX.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$431.51MN/A-1.90160

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