Royal Bank Of Canada Issues Positive Forecast for Stantec (TSE:STN) Stock Price

Stantec (TSE:STN) (NYSE:STN) had its price objective boosted by Royal Bank Of Canada from C$168.00 to C$175.00 in a research report report published on Friday,BayStreet.CA reports.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Desjardins boosted their price target on Stantec from C$160.00 to C$173.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, December 12th. TD Securities cut their target price on shares of Stantec from C$183.00 to C$158.00 in a research report on Tuesday. Scotiabank increased their price target on shares of Stantec from C$161.00 to C$162.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. National Bank Financial dropped their price target on shares of Stantec from C$167.00 to C$161.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, December 15th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on Stantec from C$169.00 to C$173.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Stantec has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$161.90.

Stantec Stock Performance

Shares of STN stock traded down C$4.03 on Friday, reaching C$126.30. The stock had a trading volume of 1,085,632 shares, compared to its average volume of 436,579. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 85.29, a quick ratio of 1.46 and a current ratio of 1.42. Stantec has a 1 year low of C$109.74 and a 1 year high of C$160.05. The stock has a market cap of C$14.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.79, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 0.79. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of C$132.10 and a 200 day simple moving average of C$141.79.

Insider Transactions at Stantec

In other Stantec news, Director Gordon Allan Johnston purchased 4,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 24th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of C$131.52 per share, with a total value of C$526,080.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director directly owned 53,793 shares in the company, valued at C$7,074,855.36. The trade was a 8.03% increase in their ownership of the stock. Insiders own 0.27% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Stantec

Here are the key news stories impacting Stantec this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Royal Bank of Canada raised its price target to C$175, implying ~39% upside — a bullish analyst signal. RBC raise
• Positive Sentiment: Desjardins raised its target to C$178 and keeps a “buy” rating, the highest target in the group (~42% upside). Desjardins raise (BayStreet) TickerReport
• Positive Sentiment: National Bank Financial nudged its target higher to C$163 and maintains an “outperform” view, another supportive analyst call. National Bank raise
• Positive Sentiment: Stantec reported record 2025 results, delivered a 17.6% adjusted EBITDA margin, raised the dividend by 8.9%, and provided a 2026 outlook — fundamentals that support longer?term upside. Company results
• Neutral Sentiment: Aggregate analyst coverage remains mixed but skewed to materially higher targets (roughly C$146–C$178), so market views vary — this contributes to volatility as investors sort through divergent forecasts. Analyst roundup
• Negative Sentiment: Scotiabank cut its target from C$162 to C$146 (still “outperform”), trimming near-term expectations and likely contributing to selling pressure. Scotiabank cut
• Negative Sentiment: Stifel lowered its target from C$172 to C$154 but kept a “buy” rating — another downward revision that reduces immediate upside assumptions. Stifel cut
• Negative Sentiment: TD Securities publicly lowered expectations for STN, reinforcing the cautious narrative among some sell-side firms and pressuring sentiment. TD Securities note
• Negative Sentiment: Technicals and liquidity: volume is elevated versus average and the share price sits below its 50? and 200?day SMAs, increasing the likelihood of short?term downside before fundamentals reassert themselves.

About Stantec

Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before. We are a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes, the energy transition, and more. Today’s communities transcend geographic borders.