WSP vs. STN, SNC, BDGI, BAD, BDT, ARE, IBG, DRT, CKK, and CP
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), Badger Infrastructure Solutions (BDGI), Badger Daylighting (BAD), Bird Construction (BDT), Aecon Group (ARE), IBI Group (IBG), DIRTT Environmental Solutions (DRT), Cordy Oilfield Services (CKK), and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP). 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 superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
Stantec currently has a consensus target price of C$120.85, indicating a potential upside of 6.95%. WSP Global has a consensus target price of C$237.08, indicating a potential upside of 14.00%. Given Stantec's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WSP Global is more favorable than Stantec.
Stantec has a net margin of 6.64% compared to Stantec's net margin of 3.88%. WSP Global's return on equity of 13.32% beat Stantec's return on equity.
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 pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. 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.
Stantec has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WSP Global has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
73.0% of Stantec shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of WSP Global shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Stantec shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of WSP Global 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.
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.
In the previous week, Stantec had 2 more articles in the media than WSP Global. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Stantec and 1 mentions for WSP Global. Stantec's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat WSP Global's score of 0.54 indicating that WSP Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
WSP Global beats Stantec on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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