Atb Cap Markets Issues Positive Outlook for Stantec Earnings

Stantec Inc. (TSE:STN) (NYSE:STN) – Equities research analysts at Atb Cap Markets increased their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for Stantec in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, May 15th. Atb Cap Markets analyst C. Murray now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $1.29 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.27.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on STN. Raymond James raised shares of Stantec from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from C$130.00 to C$140.00 in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. ATB Capital boosted 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 report on Wednesday, February 26th. CIBC boosted their price objective on shares of Stantec from C$139.00 to C$141.00 in a research report on Thursday, April 17th. Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their price objective on shares of Stantec from C$135.00 to C$138.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus cut their price objective on shares of Stantec from C$150.00 to C$143.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 17th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of C$140.50.

Stantec Trading Up 1.6%

Shares of STN stock opened at C$141.60 on Monday. Stantec has a 12-month low of C$103.48 and a 12-month high of C$142.42. The company has a current ratio of 1.42, a quick ratio of 1.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 85.29. The firm’s 50 day moving average is C$122.18 and its 200 day moving average is C$117.59. The stock has a market capitalization of C$16.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 47.25, a P/E/G ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 0.82.

Stantec Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 15th were issued a $0.225 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 28th. This is a positive change from Stantec’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. This represents a $0.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.64%. Stantec’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 28.03%.

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.