National Bank Financial Estimates Stantec FY2025 Earnings

Stantec Inc. (TSE:STN) (NYSE:STN) – Equities researchers at National Bank Financial increased their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Stantec in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, February 25th. National Bank Financial analyst M. Sytchev now anticipates that the company will earn $5.10 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $5.03. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Stantec’s FY2025 earnings at $5.10 EPS.

Several other brokerages also recently commented on STN. ATB Capital increased their price objective on shares of Stantec from C$125.00 to C$135.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday. CIBC raised their price objective on Stantec from C$134.00 to C$139.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday. Desjardins boosted their price objective on Stantec from C$138.00 to C$148.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on Stantec from C$135.00 to C$144.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada boosted their price target on Stantec from C$128.00 to C$138.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of C$140.33.

Stantec Stock Performance

Shares of TSE:STN opened at C$122.18 on Friday. Stantec has a 1 year low of C$103.48 and a 1 year high of C$129.39. The stock has a market capitalization of C$13.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.77, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 0.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 85.29, a current ratio of 1.42 and a quick ratio of 1.46. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is C$112.47 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$113.33.

Stantec Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, January 15th were issued a $0.21 dividend. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.69%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 31st. Stantec’s payout ratio is 28.03%.

Insider Activity

In other Stantec news, Director Vito Culmone purchased 3,000 shares of Stantec stock in a transaction on Monday, December 30th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of C$112.03 per share, for a total transaction of C$336,099.00. Company insiders own 0.27% of the company’s stock.

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.