STN vs. WSP, TIH, GFL, TFII, CAE, EFN, AC, RBA, BBD.B, and FTT Should you be buying Stantec stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stantec include WSP Global (WSP), Toromont Industries (TIH), GFL Environmental (GFL), TFI International (TFII), CAE (CAE), Element Fleet Management (EFN), Air Canada (AC), RB Global (RBA), Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B), and Finning International (FTT). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Stantec (TSE:STN ) and WSP Global (TSE:WSP ) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
73.6% of Stantec shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.1% of WSP Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Stantec shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of WSP Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Stantec presently has a consensus price target of C$120.85, indicating a potential upside of 11.32%. WSP Global has a consensus price target of C$237.08, indicating a potential upside of 14.11%. Given WSP Global's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WSP Global is more favorable than Stantec.
WSP Global received 141 more outperform votes than Stantec when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.62% of users gave WSP Global an outperform vote while only 51.49% of users gave Stantec an outperform vote.
Stantec has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WSP Global has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Stantec has a net margin of 6.64% compared to WSP Global's net margin of 3.88%. Stantec's return on equity of 13.14% beat WSP Global's return on equity.
Stantec pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. WSP Global pays an annual dividend of C$1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Stantec pays out 27.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WSP Global pays out 33.3% 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. Stantec is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, WSP Global had 6 more articles in the media than Stantec. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for WSP Global and 6 mentions for Stantec. Stantec's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat WSP Global's score of 0.22 indicating that Stantec is being referred to more favorably in the media.
WSP Global has higher revenue and earnings than Stantec. Stantec is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WSP Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary WSP Global beats Stantec on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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