STN vs. GIB.A, CCO, GFL, RBA, MEG, QBR.B, SJ, NVEI, QBR.A, and LIF
Should you be buying Stantec stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stantec include CGI (GIB.A), Cameco (CCO), GFL Environmental (GFL), RB Global (RBA), MEG Energy (MEG), Quebecor (QBR.B), Stella-Jones (SJ), Nuvei (NVEI), Quebecor (QBR.A), and Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Stantec vs.
Stantec (TSE:STN) and CGI (TSE:GIB.A) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
CGI received 207 more outperform votes than Stantec when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.57% of users gave CGI an outperform vote while only 51.19% of users gave Stantec an outperform vote.
Stantec has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CGI has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Stantec presently has a consensus target price of C$129.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.66%. CGI has a consensus target price of C$169.83, suggesting a potential upside of 8.02%. Given Stantec's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Stantec is more favorable than CGI.
CGI has a net margin of 11.51% compared to Stantec's net margin of 6.31%. CGI's return on equity of 19.51% beat Stantec's return on equity.
73.5% of Stantec shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of CGI shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Stantec shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of CGI shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CGI has higher revenue and earnings than Stantec. CGI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stantec, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Stantec had 5 more articles in the media than CGI. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Stantec and 0 mentions for CGI. Stantec's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat CGI's score of 0.00 indicating that Stantec is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
CGI beats Stantec on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:STN) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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