RingCentral (RNG) Competitors

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

Is STN or RNG more profitable?

Stantec has a net margin of 4.78% compared to RingCentral's net margin of -2.43%. Stantec's return on equity of 16.57% beat RingCentral's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Stantec	4.78%	16.57%	6.99%
RingCentral	-2.43%	-12.34%	3.57%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor STN or RNG?

RingCentral received 527 more outperform votes than Stantec when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.68% of users gave RingCentral an outperform vote while only 60.03% of users gave Stantec an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Stantec	Outperform Votes 404 60.03%	Underperform Votes 269 39.97%
RingCentral	Outperform Votes 931 72.68%	Underperform Votes 350 27.32%

Which has better earnings and valuation, STN or RNG?

Stantec has higher revenue and earnings than RingCentral. RingCentral 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
Stantec	$7.50B	1.25	$245.35M	$2.33	35.21
RingCentral	$2.40B	1.02	-$165.24M	-$0.64	-42.01

Does the media favor STN or RNG?

In the previous week, RingCentral had 9 more articles in the media than Stantec. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for RingCentral and 3 mentions for Stantec. Stantec's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat RingCentral's score of 0.83 indicating that Stantec is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Stantec	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
RingCentral	4 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, STN or RNG?

Stantec has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RingCentral has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend STN or RNG?

RingCentral has a consensus price target of $37.69, suggesting a potential upside of 40.20%. Given RingCentral's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe RingCentral is more favorable than Stantec.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Stantec	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
RingCentral	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31

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

63.9% of Stantec shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.6% of RingCentral shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Stantec shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of RingCentral shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Stantec beats RingCentral on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.