QBR.B vs. STN, MEG, SJ, NVEI, QBR.A, LIF, EFX, CHR, TIXT, and MAX
Should you be buying Quebecor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quebecor include Stantec (STN), MEG Energy (MEG), Stella-Jones (SJ), Nuvei (NVEI), Quebecor (QBR.A), Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF), Enerflex (EFX), Chorus Aviation (CHR), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), and Midas Gold Corp. (MAX.TO) (MAX). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Quebecor vs.
Stantec (TSE:STN) and Quebecor (TSE:QBR.B) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Stantec had 4 more articles in the media than Quebecor. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Stantec and 2 mentions for Quebecor. Stantec's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Quebecor's score of 0.67 indicating that Stantec is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Stantec currently has a consensus price target of C$129.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.51%. Quebecor has a consensus price target of C$38.31, suggesting a potential upside of 26.57%. Given Quebecor's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Quebecor is more favorable than Stantec.
Stantec pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Quebecor pays an annual dividend of C$1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Stantec pays out 27.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quebecor pays out 41.0% 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.
Quebecor has higher revenue and earnings than Stantec. Quebecor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stantec, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Quebecor received 57 more outperform votes than Stantec when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.76% of users gave Quebecor an outperform vote while only 51.19% of users gave Stantec an outperform vote.
Stantec has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quebecor has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
73.5% of Stantec shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.6% of Quebecor shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Stantec shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Quebecor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Quebecor has a net margin of 12.99% compared to Stantec's net margin of 6.31%. Quebecor's return on equity of 37.44% beat Stantec's return on equity.
Summary
Quebecor beats Stantec on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:QBR.B) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
