STANTEC INC. vs V2X, Inc., two Consulting stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Stantec designs infrastructure, V2X operates it for the military, and the two service models produce opposite income statements: Stantec's 5.9% net margin is design-fee economics, V2X's 1.9% is cost-plus logistics. Returns on assets double up for the designer, 6% against 2.8%, and Stantec carries no debt against V2X's near-full turn. The multiples sit closer than the quality, 22.4 and 25.9 times, with the logistics contractor priced slightly dearer, the market paying for contracted defense revenue over municipal-and-private design demand. Free cash favors Stantec, 8% against 6%. Two order books, one from governments building and one from governments operating; the prices barely distinguish what the economics clearly do.
Comparison updated 2026-07-10.
| Metric | STN | VVX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $69.32 | $72.52 |
| Market cap | $7.9B | $2.3B |
| Sector | Consulting | Consulting |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +4.3% |
| P/E | 22.4 | 25.9 |
| P/B | 3.32 | 2.07 |
| P/S | 1.32 | 0.48 |
| EV/EBITDA | — | 16.2 |
| Revenue growth | +15.6% | +9.3% |
| Operating margin | — | 3.5% |
| Net margin | 5.9% | 1.9% |
| Return on equity | 14.8% | 8.0% |
| Return on assets | 6.0% | 2.8% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 7.5% |
| FCF yield | 8.0% | 6.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.97 |
| Current ratio | 1.23 | 1.25 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.47 | 2.43 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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