MEG vs. HRI, APLD, DLO, RELY, TNET, ATHM, CARG, CNXC, WNS, and SEZL
Should you be buying Montrose Environmental Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Montrose Environmental Group include Herc (HRI), Applied Digital (APLD), DLocal (DLO), Remitly Global (RELY), TriNet Group (TNET), Autohome (ATHM), CarGurus (CARG), Concentrix (CNXC), WNS (WNS), and Sezzle (SEZL). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Montrose Environmental Group vs. Its Competitors
Montrose Environmental Group (NYSE:MEG) and Herc (NYSE:HRI) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.
Herc has higher revenue and earnings than Montrose Environmental Group. Montrose Environmental Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Herc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Montrose Environmental Group has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Herc has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Montrose Environmental Group presently has a consensus target price of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.03%. Herc has a consensus target price of $144.60, indicating a potential upside of 11.98%. Given Herc's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Herc is more favorable than Montrose Environmental Group.
87.9% of Montrose Environmental Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of Herc shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of Montrose Environmental Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Herc shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Montrose Environmental Group had 1 more articles in the media than Herc. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Montrose Environmental Group and 7 mentions for Herc. Herc's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Montrose Environmental Group's score of 1.20 indicating that Herc is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Herc has a net margin of 0.61% compared to Montrose Environmental Group's net margin of -5.10%. Herc's return on equity of 20.77% beat Montrose Environmental Group's return on equity.
Summary
Herc beats Montrose Environmental Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MEG) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
