China Communications Construction (OTCMKTS:CCCGY) & Stantec (NYSE:STN) Head to Head Survey

China Communications Construction (OTCMKTS:CCCGY) and Stantec (NYSE:STN) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares China Communications Construction and Stantec”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
China Communications Construction	$101.08 billion	N/A	$2.09 billion	N/A	N/A
Stantec	$5.83 billion	1.44	$343.11 million	$3.21	23.33

China Communications Construction has higher revenue and earnings than Stantec.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

63.9% of Stantec shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Stantec shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares China Communications Construction and Stantec’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
China Communications Construction	N/A	N/A	N/A
Stantec	5.91%	19.70%	8.07%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for China Communications Construction and Stantec, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
China Communications Construction	0	0	0	0	0.00
Stantec	0	2	5	0	2.71

Stantec has a consensus target price of $175.00, indicating a potential upside of 133.64%. Given Stantec’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Stantec is more favorable than China Communications Construction.

Summary

Stantec beats China Communications Construction on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About China Communications Construction

China Communications Construction Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the infrastructure construction, design, and dredging businesses. The company is involved in the construction of various infrastructure projects, including road and bridge, port, railway, waterway, river basin, tunnel, rail transit, airport, subway, housing, and municipal and environmental projects; and provision of infrastructure design services, such as consulting and planning, feasibility study, survey and design, engineering consultancy, engineering measurement and technical research, project management, project supervision, general project contracting, compilation of industry standards and codes, etc. It also provides dredging services primarily comprising infrastructure dredging, maintenance dredging, environmental dredging, and reclamation, as well as supports projects related to dredging and land reclamation. In addition, the company engages in the manufacture of road construction machinery; trading of motor vehicle spare parts and machinery; maintenance and repair of port machinery; trading of construction materials and equipment; fund and asset management activities; and provision of financial services. It has operations in Mainland China, Australia, Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.

About Stantec

Stantec Inc. provides professional services in the areas of infrastructure and facilities to the public and private sectors in Canada, the United States, and internationally. It offers evaluation, planning, and designing infrastructure solutions; solutions for sustainable water resources, planning, management, and infrastructure; environmental services; integrated architecture, engineering, interior design, and planning solutions for buildings; and energy and resources solutions. The company also provides consulting services in engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, environmental sciences, project management, and project economics. In addition, it offers planning and design services to clients in residential, logistics, retail, infrastructure, energy, higher education, and urban regeneration sectors; architectural and interior design, and planning services in the science and technology, commercial workplace, higher education, residential, and hospitality markets. Further, the company provides transportation advisory, transport engineering, and technical design; project delivery consultancy services for mining, resources, and industrial infrastructure projects; paleontological and archaeological services for the rail, transportation, water, and power and energy sectors; and environmental and cultural resource compliance services. Additionally, it offers consulting services in sustainable building design, energy infrastructure upgrades, sustainable district heating network, and e-mobility; and planning, design, construction administration, commissioning, maintenance, decommissioning, and remediation services. 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.