MEG vs. ALIT, YY, PAGS, CLVT, ACVA, DXC, PAYO, EVTC, RNG, and RAMP
Should you be buying Montrose Environmental Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Montrose Environmental Group include Alight (ALIT), JOYY (YY), PagSeguro Digital (PAGS), Clarivate (CLVT), ACV Auctions (ACVA), DXC Technology (DXC), Payoneer Global (PAYO), Evertec (EVTC), Ringcentral (RNG), and LiveRamp (RAMP). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Montrose Environmental Group vs. Its Competitors
Alight (NYSE:ALIT) and Montrose Environmental Group (NYSE:MEG) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
Alight currently has a consensus target price of $8.94, suggesting a potential upside of 140.58%. Montrose Environmental Group has a consensus target price of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.15%. Given Alight's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Alight is more favorable than Montrose Environmental Group.
96.7% of Alight shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Montrose Environmental Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Alight shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Montrose Environmental Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Montrose Environmental Group has a net margin of -5.10% compared to Alight's net margin of -50.37%. Alight's return on equity of 6.26% beat Montrose Environmental Group's return on equity.
Alight has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Montrose Environmental Group has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Alight and Alight both had 12 articles in the media. Montrose Environmental Group's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Alight's score of 0.44 indicating that Montrose Environmental Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Montrose Environmental Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alight. Montrose Environmental Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alight, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Alight beats Montrose Environmental Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MEG) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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