Raymond James Has Positive Outlook of Stantec Q3 Earnings

Stantec Inc. (TSE:STN) (NYSE:STN) – Equities research analysts at Raymond James upped their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Stantec in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, January 21st. Raymond James analyst F. Bastien now forecasts that the company will earn $1.45 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.42. Raymond James has a “Market Perform” rating and a $130.00 price target on the stock. Raymond James also issued estimates for Stantec’s Q3 2026 earnings at $1.67 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.45 EPS.

Several other research analysts also recently commented on STN. Canaccord Genuity Group lifted their target price on Stantec from C$125.00 to C$135.00 in a research note on Monday, November 11th. Scotiabank upgraded shares of Stantec to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 25th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price objective on shares of Stantec from C$130.00 to C$145.00 in a research report on Friday, October 4th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their target price on shares of Stantec from C$135.00 to C$138.00 in a report on Friday, December 6th. Finally, CIBC increased their price target on shares of Stantec from C$121.50 to C$134.00 in a report on Friday, December 13th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Stantec presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$130.50.

Stantec Trading Up 1.0 %

Stantec stock opened at C$116.37 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 80.74, a quick ratio of 1.46 and a current ratio of 1.39. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of C$115.74 and a 200 day simple moving average of C$114.19. The stock has a market capitalization of C$13.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 38.28, a PEG ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 0.82. Stantec has a 52 week low of C$103.48 and a 52 week high of C$123.92.

Stantec (TSE:STN) (NYSE:STN) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 7th. The company reported C$1.30 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of C$1.24 by C$0.06. Stantec had a net margin of 6.31% and a return on equity of 12.91%. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.14 earnings per share.

Insider Transactions at Stantec

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

Stantec Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 15th were given a dividend of $0.21 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.72%. Stantec’s payout ratio is 27.63%.

About Stantec

Stantec Inc provides professional services in the areas of infrastructure and facilities to the public and private sectors in Canada, the United States, and internationally. It offers evaluation, planning, and designing infrastructure solutions; solutions for sustainable water resources, planning, management, and infrastructure; environmental services; integrated architecture, engineering, interior design, and planning solutions for buildings; and energy and resources solutions.