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Stantec (STN) Competitors

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$84.13 +1.09 (+1.31%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

STN vs. IQV, CPAY, GIB, RDDT, GRAB, KSPI, TOST, TRU, AER, and Z

Should you be buying Stantec stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stantec include IQVIA (IQV), Corpay (CPAY), CGI (GIB), Reddit (RDDT), Grab (GRAB), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), Toast (TOST), TransUnion (TRU), AerCap (AER), and Zillow Group (Z). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Stantec vs.

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

IQVIA received 264 more outperform votes than Stantec when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.27% of users gave IQVIA an outperform vote while only 59.97% of users gave Stantec an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
StantecOutperform Votes
403
59.97%
Underperform Votes
269
40.03%
IQVIAOutperform Votes
667
68.27%
Underperform Votes
310
31.73%

IQVIA has a net margin of 9.17% compared to Stantec's net margin of 4.78%. IQVIA's return on equity of 28.17% beat Stantec's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Stantec4.78% 16.57% 6.99%
IQVIA 9.17%28.17%6.89%

IQVIA has a consensus target price of $256.50, suggesting a potential upside of 31.96%. Given IQVIA's stronger consensus rating and 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
IQVIA
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.84

In the previous week, IQVIA had 18 more articles in the media than Stantec. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for IQVIA and 6 mentions for Stantec. IQVIA's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Stantec's score of -0.17 indicating that IQVIA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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

Stantec has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IQVIA has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Stantec$4.80B2.00$245.35M$2.2038.24
IQVIA$14.98B2.35$1.36B$7.6225.51

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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STN vs. The Competition

MetricStantecEngineering services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.47B$4.76B$6.87B$19.84B
Dividend Yield0.75%1.12%2.93%3.50%
P/E Ratio38.2417.5637.0337.73
Price / Sales2.001.58175.4718.01
Price / Cash18.4828.2323.9217.90
Price / Book4.794.104.864.86
Net Income$245.35M$103.04M$123.43M$985.93M
7 Day Performance1.48%-0.33%0.13%0.45%
1 Month PerformanceN/A-1.85%8.31%1.05%
1 Year Performance21.82%38.31%30.31%24.67%

Stantec Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STN
Stantec
3.6362 of 5 stars
$84.13
+1.3%
N/A+19.3%$9.47B$4.80B38.2428,000
IQV
IQVIA
4.9842 of 5 stars
$194.38
+1.6%
$256.50
+32.0%
-5.3%$34.73B$14.98B25.5187,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CPAY
Corpay
4.1001 of 5 stars
$369.24
+0.3%
$363.93
-1.4%
N/A$25.67B$3.76B26.3410,500
GIB
CGI
3.5798 of 5 stars
$109.87
+0.3%
$137.00
+24.7%
+8.0%$24.99B$10.79B20.4291,500Positive News
RDDT
Reddit
1.392 of 5 stars
$136.27
-0.6%
$91.67
-32.7%
N/A$24.08B$804.03M0.002,013Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
GRAB
Grab
2.165 of 5 stars
$5.66
+3.7%
$5.48
-3.2%
+75.2%$22.20B$2.69B-283.009,490Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
KSPI
Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz
4.0221 of 5 stars
$106.17
-3.3%
$156.40
+47.3%
N/A$21.91B$4.19B0.008,772
TOST
Toast
3.0474 of 5 stars
$42.49
0.0%
$33.86
-20.3%
+193.7%$20.02B$3.87B0.005,500Analyst Forecast
TRU
TransUnion
4.6523 of 5 stars
$96.74
-0.3%
$106.38
+10.0%
+61.4%$18.91B$3.83B84.1213,200Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
AER
AerCap
3.9073 of 5 stars
$95.27
-0.5%
$110.83
+16.3%
+40.5%$18.86B$7.58B7.55740Positive News
Z
Zillow Group
1.8468 of 5 stars
$77.88
+3.5%
$70.33
-9.7%
+101.3%$17.58B$1.95B-136.635,720

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This page (NYSE:STN) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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