Raymond James Has Bearish Estimate for Stantec Q2 Earnings

Stantec Inc. (TSE:STN) (NYSE:STN) – Stock analysts at Raymond James lowered their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Stantec in a report released on Thursday, May 15th. Raymond James analyst F. Bastien now expects that the company will earn $1.31 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.32. Raymond James has a “Outperform” rating and a $140.00 price objective on the stock. Raymond James also issued estimates for Stantec’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.28 EPS and Q2 2026 earnings at $1.54 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also issued reports about the stock. TD Securities increased their target price on shares of Stantec from C$139.00 to C$145.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 26th. ATB Capital raised their target price on shares of Stantec from C$125.00 to C$135.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 26th. CIBC upped their price target on shares of Stantec from C$139.00 to C$141.00 in a report on Thursday, April 17th. Royal Bank of Canada raised 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, February 26th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group increased their target price on Stantec from C$135.00 to C$138.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 26th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of C$140.50.

Stantec Stock Performance

Shares of STN stock opened at C$141.71 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of C$16.15 billion, a PE ratio of 47.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 0.82. The stock has a 50-day moving average of C$122.18 and a 200-day moving average of C$117.59. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 85.29, a current ratio of 1.42 and a quick ratio of 1.46. Stantec has a one year low of C$103.48 and a one year high of C$143.95.

Stantec Increases Dividend

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

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.