MEG vs. GIB.A, GFL, RBA, STN, QBR.B, SJ, NVEI, QBR.A, LIF, and EFX
Should you be buying MEG Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MEG Energy include CGI (GIB.A), GFL Environmental (GFL), RB Global (RBA), Stantec (STN), Quebecor (QBR.B), Stella-Jones (SJ), Nuvei (NVEI), Quebecor (QBR.A), Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF), and Enerflex (EFX). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
MEG Energy vs. Its Competitors
MEG Energy (TSE:MEG) and CGI (TSE:GIB.A) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.
MEG Energy currently has a consensus price target of C$30.61, suggesting a potential upside of 14.26%. CGI has a consensus price target of C$179.40, suggesting a potential upside of 38.46%. Given CGI's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CGI is more favorable than MEG Energy.
MEG Energy has a beta of 2.89, meaning that its share price is 189% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CGI has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CGI has a net margin of 11.51% compared to MEG Energy's net margin of 9.04%. CGI's return on equity of 19.51% beat MEG Energy's return on equity.
CGI has higher revenue and earnings than MEG Energy. MEG Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CGI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
44.4% of MEG Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of CGI shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of MEG Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of CGI shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, CGI had 4 more articles in the media than MEG Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for CGI and 1 mentions for MEG Energy. MEG Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat CGI's score of -0.03 indicating that MEG Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
CGI beats MEG Energy on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:MEG) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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