STN vs. WSP, TFII, TIH, GFL, CAE, EFN, RBA, AC, BBD.B, and FTT
Should you be buying Stantec stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stantec include WSP Global (WSP), TFI International (TFII), Toromont Industries (TIH), GFL Environmental (GFL), CAE (CAE), Element Fleet Management (EFN), RB Global (RBA), Air Canada (AC), Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B), and Finning International (FTT). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
WSP Global (TSE:WSP) and Stantec (TSE:STN) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
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 has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stantec has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
WSP Global pays an annual dividend of C$1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Stantec pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. WSP Global pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stantec pays out 27.2% 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.
60.1% of WSP Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.6% of Stantec shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of WSP Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Stantec shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, WSP Global had 8 more articles in the media than Stantec. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for WSP Global and 12 mentions for Stantec. WSP Global's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Stantec's score of 0.22 indicating that Stantec is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
WSP Global presently has a consensus price target of C$237.08, suggesting a potential upside of 14.11%. Stantec has a consensus price target of C$120.85, suggesting a potential upside of 11.32%. Given Stantec's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe WSP Global is more favorable than Stantec.
Stantec has a net margin of 6.64% compared to Stantec's net margin of 3.88%. WSP Global's return on equity of 13.14% beat Stantec's return on equity.
WSP Global received 141 more outperform votes than Stantec when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.62% of users gave WSP Global an outperform vote while only 51.49% of users gave Stantec an outperform vote.
Summary
WSP Global beats Stantec on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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