STN vs. WCN, GIB.A, GFL, CCO, 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), CGI (GIB.A), GFL Environmental (GFL), Cameco (CCO), 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.
Waste Connections (TSE:WCN) and Stantec (TSE:STN) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
Waste Connections presently has a consensus price target of C$265.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.67%. Stantec has a consensus price target of C$140.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.12%. Given Stantec's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Stantec is more favorable than Waste Connections.
Waste Connections has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Stantec received 203 more outperform votes than Waste Connections when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.62% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote while only 51.57% of users gave Stantec an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Waste Connections had 12 more articles in the media than Stantec. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Waste Connections and 7 mentions for Stantec. Stantec's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Waste Connections' score of -0.42 indicating that Stantec is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
89.6% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.5% of Stantec shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Waste Connections shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Stantec shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of C$1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Stantec pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Waste Connections pays out 30.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stantec pays out 28.0% 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.
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.
Waste Connections has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% 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.
Summary
Stantec beats Waste Connections on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:STN) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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