EVERTEC (EVTC) Competitors

EVERTEC (NYSE:EVTC) and Stantec (NYSE:STN) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings and risk.

Is EVTC or STN a better dividend stock?

EVERTEC pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Stantec pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. EVERTEC pays out 11.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stantec pays out 26.6% 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 has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Stantec is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, EVTC or STN?

EVERTEC has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stantec has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to EVTC or STN?

In the previous week, EVERTEC had 2 more articles in the media than Stantec. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for EVERTEC and 2 mentions for Stantec. EVERTEC's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Stantec's score of 1.18 indicating that EVERTEC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EVERTEC	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Stantec	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EVTC or STN?

Stantec received 119 more outperform votes than EVERTEC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.03% of users gave Stantec an outperform vote while only 59.25% of users gave EVERTEC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EVERTEC	Outperform Votes 285 59.25%	Underperform Votes 196 40.75%
Stantec	Outperform Votes 404 60.03%	Underperform Votes 269 39.97%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of EVTC or STN?

96.8% of EVERTEC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.9% of Stantec shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of EVERTEC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Stantec shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is EVTC or STN more profitable?

EVERTEC has a net margin of 10.20% compared to Stantec's net margin of 4.78%. EVERTEC's return on equity of 33.01% beat Stantec's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EVERTEC	10.20%	33.01%	8.85%
Stantec	4.78%	16.57%	6.99%

Do analysts rate EVTC or STN?

EVERTEC presently has a consensus target price of $35.67, suggesting a potential downside of 4.46%. Given EVERTEC's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe EVERTEC is more favorable than Stantec.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EVERTEC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Stantec	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, EVTC or STN?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
EVERTEC	$845.49M	2.81	$79.72M	$1.73	21.58
Stantec	$7.50B	1.28	$245.35M	$2.33	35.99

Summary

EVERTEC beats Stantec on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.