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Stantec (STN) Competitors

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C$139.42 -2.29 (-1.62%)
As of 02:13 PM Eastern

STN vs. WCN, CCO, GIB.A, GFL, RBA, QBR.B, MEG, SJ, NVEI, and QBR.A

Should you be buying Stantec stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stantec include Waste Connections (WCN), Cameco (CCO), CGI (GIB.A), GFL Environmental (GFL), RB Global (RBA), Quebecor (QBR.B), MEG Energy (MEG), Stella-Jones (SJ), Nuvei (NVEI), and Quebecor (QBR.A). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Stantec vs.

Stantec (TSE:STN) and Waste Connections (TSE:WCN) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Stantec received 202 more outperform votes than Waste Connections when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.70% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote while only 51.57% of users gave Stantec an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
StantecOutperform Votes
461
51.57%
Underperform Votes
433
48.43%
Waste ConnectionsOutperform Votes
259
68.70%
Underperform Votes
118
31.30%

Stantec currently has a consensus price target of C$140.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.10%. Waste Connections has a consensus price target of C$265.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.63%. Given Stantec's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Stantec is more favorable than Waste Connections.

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
Waste Connections
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Waste Connections has a net margin of 10.81% compared to Stantec's net margin of 4.78%. Stantec's return on equity of 12.08% beat Waste Connections' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Stantec4.78% 12.08% 5.70%
Waste Connections 10.81%11.86%5.00%

73.5% of Stantec shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of Waste Connections shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Stantec shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Waste Connections shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock 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%. Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of C$1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Stantec pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Waste Connections pays out 30.0% 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. Stantec is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Stantec had 20 more articles in the media than Waste Connections. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Stantec and 9 mentions for Waste Connections. Stantec's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Waste Connections' score of -0.83 indicating that Stantec is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Stantec
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Waste Connections
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative

Waste Connections has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Stantec. Stantec is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Connections, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
StantecC$7.14B2.24C$341.38MC$3.0046.84
Waste ConnectionsC$6.13B7.99C$662.45MC$5.1752.07

Stantec has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Connections has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Stantec beats Waste Connections on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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STN vs. The Competition

MetricStantecEngineering & Construction IndustryIndustrials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$16.00BC$2.60BC$7.68BC$5.95B
Dividend Yield0.76%3.02%4.58%6.32%
P/E Ratio46.8428.5424.0830.52
Price / Sales2.2436.5391.18735.97
Price / Cash52.8114.6126.8983.71
Price / Book5.862.734.004.00
Net IncomeC$341.38MC$82.90MC$805.86MC$301.32M
7 Day Performance6.09%4.20%1.32%1.88%
1 Month Performance17.81%11.31%12.13%9.19%
1 Year Performance27.96%88.16%18.51%15.31%

Stantec Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STN
Stantec
1.253 of 5 stars
C$139.42
-1.6%
C$140.50
+0.8%
+30.5%C$15.89BC$7.14B46.5331,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
WCN
Waste Connections
0.4877 of 5 stars
C$260.92
-4.1%
C$265.00
+1.6%
+19.6%C$47.43BC$6.13B50.4322,100Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
CCO
Cameco
1.5192 of 5 stars
C$71.54
+1.2%
C$82.75
+15.7%
+1.0%C$31.49BC$2.83B270.304,700Gap Up
GIB.A
CGI
2.1801 of 5 stars
C$151.00
+2.4%
C$175.85
+16.5%
+5.3%C$30.77BC$14.52B21.1290,000News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
GFL
GFL Environmental
N/AC$68.07
-1.5%
N/A+60.2%C$26.27BC$7.88B-44.6719,500News Coverage
RBA
RB Global
N/AC$145.72
-1.5%
N/A+48.6%C$18.83BC$2.06B64.024,200
QBR.B
Quebecor
N/AC$37.57
-1.9%
C$39.25
+4.5%
+24.1%C$5.93BC$5.67B11.8510,039News Coverage
MEG
MEG Energy
2.4361 of 5 stars
C$21.41
+1.9%
C$30.35
+41.8%
-19.2%C$5.55BC$5.39B11.34449Positive News
Gap Up
SJ
Stella-Jones
1.9201 of 5 stars
C$74.92
+1.8%
C$86.17
+15.0%
-9.3%C$4.19BC$3.41B13.09280
NVEI
Nuvei
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$3.13BC$1.31B-432.821,370
QBR.A
Quebecor
N/AC$39.04
-0.7%
N/A+17.0%C$2.99BC$5.67B12.3210,000Positive News
Gap Down

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This page (TSE:STN) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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