Stantec (STN) Competitors

Stantec (NYSE:STN) and IQVIA (NYSE:IQV) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.

Do analysts recommend STN or IQV?

IQVIA has a consensus target price of $249.05, suggesting a potential upside of 37.54%. Given IQVIA's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe IQVIA 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
IQVIA	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Which has more risk & volatility, STN or IQV?

Stantec has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IQVIA has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

63.9% of Stantec shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of IQVIA shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Stantec shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of IQVIA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor STN or IQV?

In the previous week, IQVIA had 29 more articles in the media than Stantec. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for IQVIA and 2 mentions for Stantec. IQVIA's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Stantec's score of 1.15 indicating that IQVIA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Stantec	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
IQVIA	26 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is STN or IQV more profitable?

IQVIA has a net margin of 8.91% compared to Stantec's net margin of 4.78%. IQVIA's return on equity of 28.81% beat Stantec's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Stantec	4.78%	16.57%	6.99%
IQVIA	8.91%	28.81%	7.02%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer STN or IQV?

IQVIA received 277 more outperform votes than Stantec when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.30% of users gave IQVIA 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%
IQVIA	Outperform Votes 681 68.30%	Underperform Votes 316 31.70%

Which has better earnings and valuation, STN or IQV?

IQVIA has higher revenue and earnings than Stantec. IQVIA 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	1.28	$245.35M	$2.33	35.99
IQVIA	$15.41B	2.07	$1.37B	$7.50	24.14

Summary

IQVIA beats Stantec on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.