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Stantec (STN) Competitors

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$86.83 +0.20 (+0.23%)
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STN vs. TCOM, IQV, GIB, CPAY, GFL, RDDT, RBA, AER, KSPI, and Z

Should you be buying Stantec stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stantec include Trip.com Group (TCOM), IQVIA (IQV), CGI (GIB), Corpay (CPAY), GFL Environmental (GFL), Reddit (RDDT), RB Global (RBA), AerCap (AER), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), and Zillow Group (Z). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Stantec vs.

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

In the previous week, Stantec had 10 more articles in the media than Trip.com Group. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Stantec and 14 mentions for Trip.com Group. Trip.com Group's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Stantec's score of 0.97 indicating that Trip.com Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Stantec
13 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Trip.com Group
6 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Trip.com Group has a net margin of 31.86% compared to Stantec's net margin of 4.78%. Stantec's return on equity of 16.57% beat Trip.com Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Stantec4.78% 16.57% 6.99%
Trip.com Group 31.86%12.04%6.70%

Stantec received 303 more outperform votes than Trip.com Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.03% of users gave Stantec an outperform vote while only 57.06% of users gave Trip.com Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
StantecOutperform Votes
404
60.03%
Underperform Votes
269
39.97%
Trip.com GroupOutperform Votes
101
57.06%
Underperform Votes
76
42.94%

Stantec has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Trip.com Group has a beta of 0.12, indicating that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Trip.com Group has a consensus target price of $77.08, suggesting a potential upside of 39.81%. Given Trip.com Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Trip.com Group 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
Trip.com Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.09

63.9% of Stantec shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.4% of Trip.com Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Stantec shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of Trip.com Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Stantec pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Trip.com Group pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Stantec pays out 26.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trip.com Group pays out 8.0% 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 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.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Stantec$7.50B1.32$245.35M$2.3337.15
Trip.com Group$53.29B0.67$1.40B$3.4915.80

Summary

Stantec and Trip.com Group tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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STN vs. The Competition

MetricStantecEngineering services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.87B$3.91B$6.91B$18.31B
Dividend Yield0.75%1.20%2.70%4.23%
P/E Ratio39.3525.7829.2830.87
Price / Sales1.321.39149.0225.27
Price / Cash17.1029.7131.6117.53
Price / Book4.844.064.504.25
Net Income$245.35M$168.37M$195.82M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.57%1.36%-1.52%-1.56%
1 Month Performance5.04%-5.42%-7.57%-7.59%
1 Year Performance8.19%19.12%3.08%0.93%

Stantec Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STN
Stantec
2.2881 of 5 stars
$86.83
+0.2%
N/A+8.9%$9.90B$7.50B39.4726,000Gap Down
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.6752 of 5 stars
$53.55
-4.2%
$77.08
+43.9%
+14.8%$34.49B$53.29B16.0336,249Positive News
High Trading Volume
IQV
IQVIA
4.9181 of 5 stars
$152.72
-1.3%
$249.05
+63.1%
-35.5%$26.93B$15.41B20.3686,000Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
GIB
CGI
3.5938 of 5 stars
$97.23
+0.8%
$156.75
+61.2%
+0.3%$22.04B$14.86B17.5890,000Short Interest ↑
Positive News
High Trading Volume
CPAY
Corpay
4.2684 of 5 stars
$288.09
-0.2%
$401.54
+39.4%
+5.6%$20.24B$3.97B20.6110,500Analyst Forecast
Positive News
GFL
GFL Environmental
2.6318 of 5 stars
$42.88
-4.1%
$51.38
+19.8%
+45.7%$16.87B$7.86B-32.2419,500Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
RDDT
Reddit
3.4221 of 5 stars
$92.83
+6.8%
$162.41
+75.0%
+140.8%$16.79B$1.30B-12.012,013Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
RBA
RB Global
3.9896 of 5 stars
$90.53
-1.4%
$107.64
+18.9%
+33.6%$16.73B$4.28B45.044,200Positive News
AER
AerCap
3.7577 of 5 stars
$89.52
+0.1%
$117.43
+31.2%
+17.2%$16.72B$8.00B7.09740Positive News
High Trading Volume
KSPI
Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz
4.2497 of 5 stars
$83.28
+0.2%
$150.67
+80.9%
-22.5%$16.61B$2.52T8.048,772Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Z
Zillow Group
4.1493 of 5 stars
$64.08
-3.7%
$81.71
+27.5%
+48.5%$16.14B$2.24B-136.345,720News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
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