QBR.B vs. STN, MEG, SJ, NVEI, QBR.A, LIF, EFX, CHR, TIXT, and FC
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 Firm Capital Mortgage Investment (FC). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Quebecor vs.
Quebecor (TSE:QBR.B) and Stantec (TSE:STN) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
Quebecor pays an annual dividend of C$1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Stantec pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Quebecor pays out 41.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stantec pays out 27.6% 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 a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stantec has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
55.6% of Quebecor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.5% of Stantec shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Quebecor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Stantec shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Stantec had 6 more articles in the media than Quebecor. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Stantec and 1 mentions for Quebecor. Stantec's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Quebecor's score of 0.00 indicating that Stantec is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Quebecor received 55 more outperform votes than Stantec when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.69% of users gave Quebecor an outperform vote while only 51.19% of users gave Stantec an outperform vote.
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 presently has a consensus target price of C$37.94, indicating a potential upside of 21.83%. Stantec has a consensus target price of C$129.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.48%. Given Quebecor's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Quebecor is more favorable than Stantec.
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 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:QBR.B) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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