Stifel Canada Has Optimistic Outlook of Stantec Q2 Earnings

Stantec Inc. (TSE:STN) (NYSE:STN) – Investment analysts at Stifel Canada upped their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Stantec in a research note issued on Tuesday, February 25th. Stifel Canada analyst I. Gillies now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $1.37 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.30. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for Stantec’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.39 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $1.25 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. TD Securities boosted their price target on shares of Stantec from C$139.00 to C$145.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Desjardins boosted their price target on shares of Stantec from C$138.00 to C$148.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. CIBC boosted their price target on shares of Stantec from C$134.00 to C$139.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Royal Bank of Canada upped their price objective on shares of Stantec from C$128.00 to C$138.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on shares of Stantec from C$135.00 to C$144.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Stantec has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of C$140.33.

Stantec Price Performance

STN stock opened at C$123.26 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is C$112.66 and its two-hundred day moving average price is C$113.38. Stantec has a 12-month low of C$103.48 and a 12-month high of C$129.39. The stock has a market capitalization of C$14.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.13, a PEG ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 0.82. The company has a current ratio of 1.42, a quick ratio of 1.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 85.29.

Stantec Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 15th were paid a $0.21 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.68%. Stantec’s dividend payout ratio is presently 28.03%.

Insider Transactions at Stantec

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

Stantec Company Profile

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.