National Bank Financial Forecasts Stantec Q4 Earnings

Stantec Inc. (TSE:STN) (NYSE:STN) – National Bank Financial boosted their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for Stantec in a report issued on Tuesday, February 25th. National Bank Financial analyst M. Sytchev now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $1.21 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $1.14. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Stantec’s FY2026 earnings at $5.87 EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also weighed in on STN. Canaccord Genuity Group increased their price target on Stantec from C$135.00 to C$138.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their price objective on shares of Stantec from C$125.00 to C$135.00 in a research note on Monday, November 11th. National Bankshares boosted their price target on Stantec from C$140.00 to C$143.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday. ATB Capital raised their price objective on Stantec from C$125.00 to C$135.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, CIBC upped their price target on Stantec from C$134.00 to C$139.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of C$140.33.

Stantec Stock Performance

Shares of STN opened at C$128.12 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of C$14.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 42.75, a PEG ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 0.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 85.29, a quick ratio of 1.46 and a current ratio of 1.42. Stantec has a 1 year low of C$103.48 and a 1 year high of C$129.39. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is C$112.32 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$113.33.

Stantec Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, January 15th were issued a $0.21 dividend. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.66%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 31st. Stantec’s payout ratio is 28.03%.

Insider Transactions at Stantec

In other news, Director Vito Culmone purchased 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 30th. The shares were acquired at an average price of C$112.03 per share, for a total transaction of C$336,099.00. 0.27% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About Stantec

Stantec Inc is a sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting company. The company is geographically diversified in three regional operating units namely Canada, the United States and Global, offering similar services across all regions. The company offers services in various sectors across the project life cycle through five business operating units infrastructure, water, buildings, environmental services, and energy and resources.