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Stella-Jones (SJ) Competitors

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C$70.73 +0.50 (+0.71%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:17 PM ET)

SJ vs. STN, MEG, QBR.B, NVEI, QBR.A, LIF, EFX, CHR, TIXT, and FC

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 Firm Capital Mortgage Investment (FC). 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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Stantec and Stantec both had 3 articles in the media. Stella-Jones' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Stantec's score of -0.16 indicating that Stella-Jones 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
Stella-Jones
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Stantec6.31% 12.91% 5.70%
Stella-Jones 10.20%20.64%9.38%

Stantec received 39 more outperform votes than Stella-Jones when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.33% of users gave Stella-Jones an outperform vote while only 51.19% of users gave Stantec an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
StantecOutperform Votes
450
51.19%
Underperform Votes
429
48.81%
Stella-JonesOutperform Votes
411
63.33%
Underperform Votes
238
36.67%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
StantecC$5.42B2.40C$342.30MC$3.0437.45
Stella-JonesC$3.46B1.15C$353MC$6.1911.43

Stantec currently has a consensus target price of C$129.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.74%. Stella-Jones has a consensus target price of C$88.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.42%. Given Stella-Jones' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Stella-Jones is more favorable than Stantec.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Stantec
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91
Stella-Jones
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

73.5% of Stantec shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.6% of Stella-Jones shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Stantec shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Stella-Jones shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Stantec has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stella-Jones has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Stantec pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. 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 and Stella-Jones tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SJ vs. The Competition

MetricStella-JonesLumber & Wood Production IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$3.99BC$1.51BC$2.81BC$6.05B
Dividend Yield1.28%15.93%5.16%5.43%
P/E Ratio11.4367.97111.9826.16
Price / Sales1.1520.86785,102.381,327.99
Price / CashN/A16.7624.1582.04
Price / Book2.190.763.393.07
Net IncomeC$353M-C$27.76MC$153.08MC$294.08M
7 Day Performance-1.26%-3.52%-2.90%-2.47%
1 Month Performance0.80%-6.16%1.39%-0.78%
1 Year Performance-6.50%23.07%17.70%34.57%

Stella-Jones Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SJ
Stella-Jones
3.0537 of 5 stars
C$70.73
+0.7%
C$88.00
+24.4%
-6.1%C$3.99BC$3.46B11.43280Insider Trade
News Coverage
STN
Stantec
1.9503 of 5 stars
C$117.23
-0.3%
C$129.50
+10.5%
+10.9%C$13.37BC$5.42B38.6531,000
MEG
MEG Energy
4.0465 of 5 stars
C$23.33
-1.3%
C$32.45
+39.1%
-6.3%C$6.29BC$5.62B11.14449Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
QBR.B
Quebecor
2.3848 of 5 stars
C$31.77
-1.7%
C$37.94
+19.4%
+1.8%C$5.01BC$5.67B10.2010,039Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
NVEI
Nuvei
N/AC$47.61
-0.5%
N/AN/AC$3.13BC$1.31B-432.821,370
QBR.A
Quebecor
N/AC$32.21
-2.4%
N/A-3.2%C$2.47BC$5.67B10.4110,000News Coverage
Gap Down
LIF
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty
1.5899 of 5 stars
C$30.00
+0.8%
C$33.00
+10.0%
-9.6%C$1.92BC$211M8.96600News Coverage
EFX
Enerflex
0.5156 of 5 stars
C$13.81
+2.3%
C$12.59
-8.8%
+117.8%C$1.71BC$2.37B-11.7414,000Analyst Forecast
CHR
Chorus Aviation
3.1955 of 5 stars
C$3.12
-1.0%
C$3.45
+10.6%
+14.8%C$596.26MC$1.72B13.744,573
TIXT
TELUS International (Cda)
N/AC$5.33
-0.4%
C$10.00
+87.6%
-53.6%C$591.63MC$2.66B41.1573,100
FC
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment
1.2125 of 5 stars
C$12.25
+0.6%
C$13.00
+6.1%
+9.9%C$449.94MC$45.43M12.301,150News Coverage

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This page (TSE:SJ) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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