Raymond James Has Negative Forecast for Stantec Q2 Earnings

Stantec Inc. (TSE:STN) (NYSE:STN) – Investment analysts at Raymond James cut their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Stantec in a research note issued on Thursday, May 15th. Raymond James analyst F. Bastien now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $1.31 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast 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.

Several other brokerages have also recently weighed in on STN. Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their price target on shares of Stantec from C$135.00 to C$138.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. Royal Bank of Canada increased their price objective on shares of Stantec from C$128.00 to C$138.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. TD Securities boosted 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. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on shares of Stantec from C$150.00 to C$143.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 17th. Finally, Scotiabank increased their price target on shares of Stantec from C$129.00 to C$141.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 26th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Stantec presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of C$140.50.

Stantec Stock Up 1.6%

Shares of STN opened at C$141.60 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 85.29, a current ratio of 1.42 and a quick ratio of 1.46. The stock has a market capitalization of C$16.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 0.82. Stantec has a 1 year low of C$103.48 and a 1 year high of C$142.42. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is C$121.72 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$117.38.

Stantec Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared 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 annualized dividend 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 dividend 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.