Stantec Inc. (TSE:STN) Receives C$166.50 Consensus Target Price from Analysts

Stantec Inc. (TSE:STN) (NYSE:STN) has received an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the ten research firms that are covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation and nine have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price objective among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is C$161.90.

A number of brokerages have commented on STN. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price target on shares of Stantec from C$168.00 to C$175.00 in a research report on Friday. Scotiabank dropped their price objective on Stantec from C$162.00 to C$146.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday. TD Securities cut their target price on Stantec from C$183.00 to C$158.00 in a research report on Tuesday. National Bank Financial lifted their target price on Stantec from C$161.00 to C$163.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price target on Stantec from C$172.00 to C$154.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday.

Key Headlines Impacting Stantec

Here are the key news stories impacting Stantec this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Royal Bank of Canada raised its price target to C$175, implying ~39% upside — a bullish analyst signal. RBC raise
• Positive Sentiment: Desjardins raised its target to C$178 and keeps a “buy” rating, the highest target in the group (~42% upside). Desjardins raise (BayStreet) TickerReport
• Positive Sentiment: National Bank Financial nudged its target higher to C$163 and maintains an “outperform” view, another supportive analyst call. National Bank raise
• Positive Sentiment: Stantec reported record 2025 results, delivered a 17.6% adjusted EBITDA margin, raised the dividend by 8.9%, and provided a 2026 outlook — fundamentals that support longer‑term upside. Company results
• Neutral Sentiment: Aggregate analyst coverage remains mixed but skewed to materially higher targets (roughly C$146–C$178), so market views vary — this contributes to volatility as investors sort through divergent forecasts. Analyst roundup
• Negative Sentiment: Scotiabank cut its target from C$162 to C$146 (still “outperform”), trimming near-term expectations and likely contributing to selling pressure. Scotiabank cut
• Negative Sentiment: Stifel lowered its target from C$172 to C$154 but kept a “buy” rating — another downward revision that reduces immediate upside assumptions. Stifel cut
• Negative Sentiment: TD Securities publicly lowered expectations for STN, reinforcing the cautious narrative among some sell-side firms and pressuring sentiment. TD Securities note
• Negative Sentiment: Technicals and liquidity: volume is elevated versus average and the share price sits below its 50‑ and 200‑day SMAs, increasing the likelihood of short‑term downside before fundamentals reassert themselves.

Stantec Trading Down 3.1%

TSE:STN opened at C$126.30 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is C$132.10 and its 200-day moving average is C$141.79. 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 52 week low of C$109.74 and a 52 week high of C$160.05. The firm has a market cap of C$14.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.79, a P/E/G ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 0.79.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Gordon Allan Johnston bought 4,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 24th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of C$131.52 per share, with a total value of C$526,080.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director directly owned 53,793 shares in the company, valued at C$7,074,855.36. The trade was a 8.03% increase in their ownership of the stock. 0.27% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About Stantec

Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before. We are a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes, the energy transition, and more. Today’s communities transcend geographic borders.