SJ vs. STN, MEG, QBR.B, NVEI, QBR.A, LIF, EFX, CHR, TIXT, and MAX
Should you be buying Stella-Jones stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stella-Jones include Stantec (STN), MEG Energy (MEG), Quebecor (QBR.B), 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.
Stella-Jones vs.
Stantec (TSE:STN) and Stella-Jones (TSE:SJ) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk and community ranking.
Stella-Jones has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Stantec. Stella-Jones is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stantec, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Stantec received 37 more outperform votes than Stella-Jones when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.44% of users gave Stella-Jones an outperform vote while only 51.19% of users gave Stantec an outperform vote.
Stella-Jones has a net margin of 10.20% compared to Stantec's net margin of 6.31%. Stella-Jones' return on equity of 20.64% beat Stantec's return on equity.
Stantec presently has a consensus target price of C$129.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.68%. Stella-Jones has a consensus target price of C$88.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.02%. Given Stella-Jones' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Stella-Jones is more favorable than Stantec.
Stantec has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stella-Jones has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Stella-Jones had 3 more articles in the media than Stantec. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Stella-Jones and 5 mentions for Stantec. Stantec's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Stella-Jones' score of 0.36 indicating that Stantec is being referred to more favorably in the media.
73.5% of Stantec shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.6% of Stella-Jones shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Stantec shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Stella-Jones shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Stantec pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Stella-Jones pays an annual dividend of C$1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Stantec pays out 27.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stella-Jones pays out 18.1% 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. Stella-Jones is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Stantec beats Stella-Jones on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:SJ) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
