Montrose Environmental Group (MEG) Competitors

Montrose Environmental Group (NYSE:MEG) and WNS (NYSE:WNS) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, MEG or WNS?

WNS has higher revenue and earnings than Montrose Environmental Group. Montrose Environmental Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WNS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Montrose Environmental Group	$718.90M	0.94	-$30.86M	-$2.32	-8.37
WNS	$1.31B	1.96	$140.15M	$3.72	14.96

Is MEG or WNS more profitable?

WNS has a net margin of 10.03% compared to Montrose Environmental Group's net margin of -5.28%. WNS's return on equity of 22.25% beat Montrose Environmental Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Montrose Environmental Group	-5.28%	1.86%	0.78%
WNS	10.03%	22.25%	11.58%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MEG or WNS?

WNS received 313 more outperform votes than Montrose Environmental Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.65% of users gave WNS an outperform vote while only 62.43% of users gave Montrose Environmental Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Montrose Environmental Group	Outperform Votes 221 62.43%	Underperform Votes 133 37.57%
WNS	Outperform Votes 534 72.65%	Underperform Votes 201 27.35%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MEG or WNS?

87.9% of Montrose Environmental Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of WNS shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of Montrose Environmental Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of WNS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer MEG or WNS?

In the previous week, Montrose Environmental Group had 1 more articles in the media than WNS. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Montrose Environmental Group and 7 mentions for WNS. Montrose Environmental Group's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat WNS's score of 0.73 indicating that Montrose Environmental Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Montrose Environmental Group	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
WNS	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer MEG or WNS?

Montrose Environmental Group presently has a consensus target price of $31.80, suggesting a potential upside of 63.75%. WNS has a consensus target price of $62.25, suggesting a potential upside of 11.88%. Given Montrose Environmental Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Montrose Environmental Group is more favorable than WNS.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Montrose Environmental Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
WNS	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Which has more risk & volatility, MEG or WNS?

Montrose Environmental Group has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WNS has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

WNS beats Montrose Environmental Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.