LIF vs. MEG, QBR.B, SJ, QBR.A, NVEI, EFX, TIXT, CHR, FC, and MAX
Should you be buying Labrador Iron Ore Royalty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Labrador Iron Ore Royalty include MEG Energy (MEG), Quebecor (QBR.B), Stella-Jones (SJ), Quebecor (QBR.A), Nuvei (NVEI), Enerflex (EFX), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), Chorus Aviation (CHR), Firm Capital Mortgage Investment (FC), and Midas Gold Corp. (MAX.TO) (MAX). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty vs. Its Competitors
MEG Energy (TSE:MEG) and Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (TSE:LIF) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has a net margin of 94.67% compared to MEG Energy's net margin of 9.04%. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's return on equity of 29.05% beat MEG Energy's return on equity.
MEG Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Labrador Iron Ore Royalty. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MEG Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MEG Energy has a beta of 2.89, meaning that its stock price is 189% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MEG Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty pays an annual dividend of C$2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. MEG Energy pays out 21.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty pays out 88.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
44.4% of MEG Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of Labrador Iron Ore Royalty shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of MEG Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Labrador Iron Ore Royalty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, MEG Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Labrador Iron Ore Royalty. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for MEG Energy and 0 mentions for Labrador Iron Ore Royalty. MEG Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's score of 0.00 indicating that MEG Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MEG Energy presently has a consensus target price of C$30.61, indicating a potential upside of 16.30%. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has a consensus target price of C$33.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.95%. Given Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Labrador Iron Ore Royalty is more favorable than MEG Energy.
Summary
MEG Energy beats Labrador Iron Ore Royalty on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:LIF) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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