MEG vs. MARA, DXC, EVH, STNE, ATHM, PAGS, ACVA, GDRX, CARG, and LIF
Should you be buying Montrose Environmental Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Montrose Environmental Group include Marathon Digital (MARA), DXC Technology (DXC), Evolent Health (EVH), StoneCo (STNE), Autohome (ATHM), PagSeguro Digital (PAGS), ACV Auctions (ACVA), GoodRx (GDRX), CarGurus (CARG), and Life360 (LIF). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Marathon Digital (NASDAQ:MARA) and Montrose Environmental Group (NYSE:MEG) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
In the previous week, Marathon Digital had 11 more articles in the media than Montrose Environmental Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Marathon Digital and 5 mentions for Montrose Environmental Group. Montrose Environmental Group's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Marathon Digital's score of 0.44 indicating that Montrose Environmental Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Marathon Digital has a beta of 5.56, indicating that its stock price is 456% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Montrose Environmental Group has a beta of 1.88, indicating that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.
44.5% of Marathon Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Montrose Environmental Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Marathon Digital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Montrose Environmental Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Marathon Digital received 90 more outperform votes than Montrose Environmental Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.76% of users gave Montrose Environmental Group an outperform vote while only 53.67% of users gave Marathon Digital an outperform vote.
Marathon Digital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Montrose Environmental Group. Montrose Environmental Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marathon Digital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Marathon Digital has a net margin of 62.57% compared to Montrose Environmental Group's net margin of -4.91%. Montrose Environmental Group's return on equity of 0.22% beat Marathon Digital's return on equity.
Marathon Digital currently has a consensus target price of $19.22, suggesting a potential upside of 43.73%. Montrose Environmental Group has a consensus target price of $45.60, suggesting a potential upside of 57.46%. Given Montrose Environmental Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Montrose Environmental Group is more favorable than Marathon Digital.
Summary
Montrose Environmental Group beats Marathon Digital on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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