STN vs. WSP, TIH, GFL, EFN, CAE, TFII, AC, RBA, FTT, and BBD.B
Should you be buying Stantec stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stantec include WSP Global (WSP), Toromont Industries (TIH), GFL Environmental (GFL), Element Fleet Management (EFN), CAE (CAE), TFI International (TFII), Air Canada (AC), RB Global (RBA), Finning International (FTT), and Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Stantec (TSE:STN) and WSP Global (TSE:WSP) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
74.0% of Stantec shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.5% of WSP Global shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Stantec shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of WSP Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Stantec presently has a consensus price target of C$120.46, suggesting a potential upside of 5.19%. WSP Global has a consensus price target of C$236.92, suggesting a potential upside of 10.57%. Given WSP Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe WSP Global is more favorable than Stantec.
Stantec pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. WSP Global pays an annual dividend of C$1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Stantec pays out 28.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WSP Global pays out 34.0% 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.
Stantec has a net margin of 6.54% compared to WSP Global's net margin of 3.81%. Stantec's return on equity of 13.14% beat WSP Global's return on equity.
Stantec has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WSP Global has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Stantec had 1 more articles in the media than WSP Global. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Stantec and 10 mentions for WSP Global. WSP Global's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Stantec's score of 0.19 indicating that WSP Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 received 141 more outperform votes than Stantec when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.95% of users gave WSP Global an outperform vote while only 51.67% of users gave Stantec an outperform vote.
Summary
WSP Global beats Stantec on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Stantec News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for STN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding STN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Related Companies and Tools
