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Stantec Inc is an engineering & construction business based in the US. Stantec shares (STN) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Stantec employs 22,000 staff and has a market cap (total outstanding shares value) of USD$3.4 billion.
How to buy shares in Stantec
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- Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
- Search for Stantec Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: STN. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
- Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Stantec reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
- Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$30.5, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Stantec, depending on your broker.
- Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Stantec. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.
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How has coronavirus impacted Stantec's share price?
Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Stantec's share price has had significant negative movement.
Its last market close was USD$30.5, which is 2.06% down on its pre-crash value of USD$31.14 and 42.32% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$21.43.
If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Stantec shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$724.66 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$1,024.19.
Stantec share price
Use our graph to track the performance of STN stocks over time.Stantec shares at a glance
Information last updated 2020-10-13.
| Latest market close | USD$30.5 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | USD$21.11 - USD$33.81 |
| 50-day moving average | USD$31.0143 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$30.3223 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$28.21 |
| PE ratio | 24.7865 |
| Dividend yield | USD$0.47 (1.51%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$0.458 |
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Is it a good time to buy Stantec stock?
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Stantec price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the close of $30.5 from 2020-10-16
| 1 week (2020-10-13) | -0.72% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2020-09-18) | -0.46% |
| 3 months (2020-07-20) | -5.54% |
| 6 months (2020-04-20) | 7.89% |
| 1 year (2019-10-18) | 40.88% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2018-10-19) | 21.51% |
| 3 years (2017-10-20) | 6.83% |
| 5 years (2015-10-20) | 20.03% |
Is Stantec under- or over-valued?
Valuing Stantec stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Stantec's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Stantec's P/E ratio
Stantec's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 25x. In other words, Stantec shares trade at around 25x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Stantec's PEG ratio
Stantec's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.63. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Stantec's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Stantec financials
| Gross profit TTM | USD$2 billion |
|---|---|
| Return on assets TTM | 4.69% |
| Return on equity TTM | 9.39% |
| Profit margin | 5.12% |
| Book value | $12.568 |
| Market capitalisation | USD$3.4 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting Stantec shares
There are currently 285,764 Stantec shares held short by investors – that's known as Stantec's "short interest". This figure is 14.5% down from 334,122 last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Stantec shares can be evaluated.
Stantec's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
Stantec's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Stantec shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Stantec shares traded daily (recently around 98200.687285223). Stantec's SIR currently stands at 2.91. In other words for every 100,000 Stantec shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2910 shares are currently held short.
However Stantec's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Stantec shares, or, against the total number of tradable Stantec shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Stantec's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Stantec shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Stantec shares, roughly 0 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Stantec.
Find out more about how you can short Stantec stock.
Stantec share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 21.71% of net profits
Recently Stantec has paid out, on average, around 21.71% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.51% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Stantec shareholders could enjoy a 1.51% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Stantec's case, that would currently equate to about $0.47 per share.
While Stantec's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Stantec is investing more in its future growth.
Stantec's most recent dividend payout was on 15 October 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 29 September 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").
Have Stantec's shares ever split?
Stantec's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 17 November 2014. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Stantec shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Stantec shares which in turn could have impacted Stantec's share price.
Stantec share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Stantec's shares have ranged in value from as little as $21.11 up to $33.81. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Stantec's is 0.8843. This would suggest that Stantec's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Stantec overview
Stantec Inc. provides professional consulting services in the area of infrastructure and facilities for clients in the public and private sectors in Canada, the United States, and internationally. The company offers consulting services in engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, environmental sciences, project management and planning, and project economics. It also offers water, transportation, and public works; transportation planning and traffic engineering; and resource assessment, mine development, reclamation, hydrology, and geotechnical and infrastructure engineering services, as well as urban planning, traffic assessments and optimization, environmental impact assessments, and public consultation services. In addition, the company provides structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and hydraulics engineering services. It serves urban regeneration, infrastructure, education, energy, industrial, building, tourism and leisure, and waste and water sectors, as well as office and commercial, residential, and retail and town centers. The company was formerly known as Stanley Technology Group Inc. and changed its name to Stantec Inc. in October 1998. Stantec Inc. was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.
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