WSP vs. STN, SNC, ARE, BAD, BDGI, BDT, IBG, DRT, CKK, and TRI
Should you be buying WSP Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WSP Global include Stantec (STN), SNC-Lavalin Group (SNC), Aecon Group (ARE), Badger Daylighting (BAD), Badger Infrastructure Solutions (BDGI), Bird Construction (BDT), IBI Group (IBG), DIRTT Environmental Solutions (DRT), Cordy Oilfield Services (CKK), and Thomson Reuters (TRI). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
WSP Global vs.
WSP Global (TSE:WSP) and Stantec (TSE:STN) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
60.3% of WSP Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.5% of Stantec shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of WSP Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Stantec shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
WSP Global currently has a consensus target price of C$271.91, indicating a potential upside of 6.64%. Stantec has a consensus target price of C$130.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.84%. Given Stantec's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Stantec is more favorable than WSP Global.
WSP Global pays an annual dividend of C$1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Stantec pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. WSP Global pays out 31.4% 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. Stantec is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
WSP Global received 157 more outperform votes than Stantec when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.53% of users gave WSP Global an outperform vote while only 51.14% of users gave Stantec an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Stantec had 2 more articles in the media than WSP Global. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Stantec and 10 mentions for WSP Global. Stantec's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat WSP Global's score of 0.57 indicating that Stantec is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Stantec has a net margin of 6.31% compared to WSP Global's net margin of 4.03%. Stantec's return on equity of 12.91% beat WSP Global's return on equity.
WSP Global has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stantec has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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
Stantec beats WSP Global on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:WSP) was last updated on 1/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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