CGI INC. vs STANTEC INC., two Consulting stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Two debt-free service firms, and the market still prices them a world apart: Stantec at 22.4 times earnings, CGI at 11.8. The clean balance sheets rule out financial distress as the explanation, which leaves the revenue bases. Stantec designs infrastructure into a public-spending tailwind; CGI runs IT estates into an AI headwind, or at least a market convinced of one. The operating facts favor the cheaper firm: CGI's 11.5% net margin nearly doubles Stantec's 5.9%, and its 10.5% free-cash yield beats 8%. Returns on assets, 10.1% against 6%, agree. Every measured thing points one way and the multiple points the other; the difference is a story about the future of billable work.
Comparison updated 2026-07-10.
| Metric | GIB | STN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $64.43 | $69.32 |
| Market cap | $14.7B | $7.9B |
| Sector | Consulting | Consulting |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 11.8 | 22.4 |
| P/B | 2.12 | 3.32 |
| P/S | 1.36 | 1.32 |
| Revenue growth | +4.9% | +15.6% |
| Net margin | 11.5% | 5.9% |
| Return on equity | 17.9% | 14.8% |
| Return on assets | 10.1% | 6.0% |
| FCF yield | 10.5% | 8.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.36 | 1.23 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.22 | 2.47 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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