AMRC vs STN vs ACM Stock Comparison

Ameresco, Stantec and Aecom Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AMRC Ameresco, Inc.
$19.92 -7.3% 1M -52.1% 1Y
Market cap
$1.05B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Engineering and Construction Industrials
STN Stantec Inc
$70.73 +2.5% 1M -37.0% 1Y
Market cap
$8.07B
P/E
12.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.51B
Div. yield
1.34%
Engineering and Construction Industrials
10 wins
ACM Aecom
$61.52 +1.0% 1M -53.6% 1Y
Market cap
$7.92B
P/E
27.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$15.39B
Div. yield
2.02%
Engineering and Construction Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Stantec leads on 10 of the 12 questions below (Stantec 10, Aecom 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMRCSTNACMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.05B $8.07B $7.92B STN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 12.4x 27.5x STN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 15.1x 15.3x 14.7x ACM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +9.4% -4.2% STN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 6.2% 1.9% STN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 37.8% 9.9% STN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.0x 2.4x STN
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 1.34% 2.02% ACM
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -52.1% -37.0% -53.6% STN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -24.3%/yr +4.8%/yr -2.3%/yr STN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 68.3% 30.3% 38.3% STN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 73/100 49/100 STN

Percentile Scorecard

AMRCSTNACM

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAMRCSTNACM
Valuation – 92 #5 of 52 67 #18 of 52
Growth – 36 #24 of 37 11 #33 of 37
Profitability – 89 #5 of 37 44 #21 of 37
Financial Health 27 #42 of 57 79 #13 of 57 29 #41 of 57
Shareholder Returns – 69 #9 of 27 92 #3 of 27
Overall – 73 49
  • AMRC ranked among 57 companies in Construction Services
  • STN ranked among 57 companies in Construction Services
  • ACM ranked among 57 companies in Construction Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAMRCSTNACMSPY
1 month -7.3%+2.5%+1.0% -0.2%
3 months +1.3%-1.6%-17.4% +3.9%
6 months -28.2%-21.3%-24.1% +8.2%
Year to date -32.0%-25.0%-35.5% +12.9%
1 year -52.1%-37.0%-53.6% +12.3%
3 years -26.9%+18.0%-17.8% +87.4%
3 years, per year -9.9%+5.7%-6.3% +23.3%
5 years -75.1%+26.3%-10.8% +67.9%
5 years, per year -24.3%+4.8%-2.3% +10.9%
10 years +286.8%+216.6%+124.8% +261.1%
10 years, per year +14.5%+12.2%+8.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAMRCSTNACMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 68.3%30.3%38.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 69.2%34.5%47.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.110.760.87 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.76-1.22-1.40 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -91.1%-41.3%-56.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -52.1%-37.8%-54.2% -1.2%
52-week high $41.55$113.70$134.35 $779.14
52-week low $18.32$66.69$58.00 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAMRCSTNACM
P/E now vs peer median —median 26.7x 12.4xmedian 26.7x 27.5xmedian 26.7x
P/S now vs peer median —median 0.8x 0.8xmedian 0.8x 0.5xmedian 0.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 13.1x 5.1xmedian 13.1x 13.5xmedian 13.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 23.0x 15.3xmedian 23.0x 38.9xmedian 23.0x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 2.4x 3.4xmedian 2.4x 3.3xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.57 0.60median 0.57 0.86median 0.57

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAMRCSTNACM
Revenue – $10.51B $15.39B
Gross profit – $4.58B $874.05M
Operating income – $1.23B $631.20M
Net income – $536.90M $334.79M
Free cash flow – $528.58M $203.45M
EPS (diluted) – $5.72 $2.24
Cash & equivalents $71.79M $265.54M $1.01B
Total debt $6.70B $2.38B $2.75B
Shares (diluted) 53.37M 114.07M 128.60M
Enterprise value $773.21M $7.00B $3.24B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAMRCSTNACM
P/E – 12.4x 27.5x
P/FCF – 15.3x 38.9x
P/Operating cash flow – 17.3x 21.7x
P/S – 0.8x 0.5x
P/B 0.9x 3.4x 3.3x
P/Tangible book 0.9x 4.0x 3.6x
EV/EBITDA – 5.1x 13.5x
EV/EBIT – 6.5x 15.3x
EV/Revenue – 0.8x 0.6x
EV/FCF – 15.2x 47.4x
EV/Operating cash flow – 17.2x 26.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.60 0.86

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMRCSTNACM
Revenue growth (1Y) – 9.4% -4.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 10.4% 3.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 10.5% -25.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 11.2% -1.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 20.5% -38.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 16.5% 13.8%
Net income growth (1Y) – 24.6% -50.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 15.4% 24.6%
EPS growth (1Y) – 24.6% -51.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 20.6% 31.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -13.0% -60.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 15.5% -20.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -10.2% -75.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 24.6% -29.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMRCSTNACM
Gross margin – 43.6% 5.7%
EBITDA margin – 14.9% 4.6%
Operating margin – 11.7% 4.1%
Pretax margin – 11.3% 3.4%
Net margin – 6.2% 1.9%
FCF margin – 5.0% 1.3%
Operating cash flow margin – 4.4% 2.4%
Return on equity – 36.3% 13.9%
Return on assets – 15.1% 2.8%
Return on invested capital – 37.8% 9.9%
Return on capital employed – 28.3% 10.5%
Asset turnover – 1.8x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 0.9x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.3% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMRCSTNACM
Debt / assets 41.5% 3.9% 22.8%
Debt / equity 1.7x 0.1x 1.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.0x 2.4x
Debt / FCF – 0.4x 13.5x
Liabilities / assets 75.3% 58.6% 80.0%
Equity / assets 24.7% 41.4% 20.0%
Interest coverage – 9.6x 3.1x
Current ratio 1.5x 1.5x 1.1x
Quick ratio 1.1x 1.0x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.2x 0.2x
Altman Z-score – – 1.79

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMRCSTNACM
Dividend yield – 1.3% 2.0%
Net buyback yield – – 8.1%
Shareholder yield – 1.3% 10.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAMRCSTNACM
Forward P/E 15.1xFY2026 15.3xFY2026 14.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.32FY2026 $4.62FY2026 $4.19FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +46.7%FY2026 +19.7%FY2026 -20.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +24.2% +2.6% +54.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.04BFY2026 $4.75BFY2026 $7.04BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.9%FY2026 +0.4%FY2026 -7.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +7.7% +7.6% +8.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMRCSTNACM
Held by institutions 65.5% 62.0% 92.6%
Institutions holding 184 293 572
Change in shares held, QoQ +13.3% +2.8% +5.5%
Institutions buying 103 162 270
Institutions selling 56 87 232
Buyers to sellers 1.84 1.86 1.16

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AMRCSTNACM
AMRC 1.00 0.09 0.07
STN 0.09 1.00 0.52
ACM 0.07 0.52 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMRC, STN and ACM?

Stantec (STN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ameresco (AMRC) $1.05B, Stantec (STN) $8.07B, Aecom (ACM) $7.92B.

Which stock is cheaper, AMRC, STN and ACM?

Stantec (STN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Stantec (STN) 12.4x, Aecom (ACM) 27.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Aecom (ACM) is cheapest (Ameresco (AMRC) 15.1x, Stantec (STN) 15.3x, Aecom (ACM) 14.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Stantec (STN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Stantec (STN) +9.4%, Aecom (ACM) -4.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Stantec (STN) has the highest net margin (Stantec (STN) 6.2%, Aecom (ACM) 1.9%). On return on invested capital, Stantec (STN) leads (Stantec (STN) 37.8%, Aecom (ACM) 9.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Stantec (STN) returned the most: Ameresco (AMRC) -52.1%, Stantec (STN) -37.0%, Aecom (ACM) -53.6%. Over five years, Stantec (STN) compounded fastest (Ameresco (AMRC) -24.3%/yr, Stantec (STN) +4.8%/yr, Aecom (ACM) -2.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Aecom (ACM) has the highest dividend yield: Stantec (STN) 1.34%, Aecom (ACM) 2.02%. Ameresco (AMRC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Stantec (STN) has been the steadiest (Ameresco (AMRC) 68.3%, Stantec (STN) 30.3%, Aecom (ACM) 38.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AMRC, STN and ACM?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Stantec (STN) leads on 10. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.