WSP vs. STN, SNC, GFL, RBA, TFII, CAE, TIH, EFN, AC, and WCN
Should you be buying WSP Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WSP Global include Stantec (STN), SNC-Lavalin Group (SNC), GFL Environmental (GFL), RB Global (RBA), TFI International (TFII), CAE (CAE), Toromont Industries (TIH), Element Fleet Management (EFN), Air Canada (AC), and Waste Connections (WCN). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
WSP Global (TSE:WSP) and Stantec (TSE:STN) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.
Stantec has a net margin of 6.14% compared to WSP Global's net margin of 3.76%. Stantec's return on equity of 13.54% beat WSP Global's return on equity.
WSP Global presently has a consensus price target of C$199.70, suggesting a potential upside of 4.17%. Stantec has a consensus price target of C$95.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.80%. Given Stantec's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Stantec is more favorable than WSP Global.
61.1% of WSP Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.4% of Stantec shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of WSP Global 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
WSP Global has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stantec has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, WSP Global had 2 more articles in the media than Stantec. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for WSP Global and 4 mentions for Stantec. Stantec's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat WSP Global's score of 0.02 indicating that Stantec is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
WSP Global received 148 more outperform votes than Stantec when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.73% of users gave WSP Global an outperform vote while only 51.09% of users gave Stantec an outperform vote.
WSP Global has higher revenue and earnings than Stantec. Stantec is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WSP Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
WSP Global pays an annual dividend of C$1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Stantec pays an annual dividend of C$0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. WSP Global pays out 36.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stantec pays out 29.4% 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.
Summary
Stantec beats WSP Global on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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