MEG vs. RBA, STN, QBR.B, SJ, NVEI, QBR.A, LIF, EFX, TIXT, and CHR
Should you be buying MEG Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MEG Energy include RB Global (RBA), Stantec (STN), Quebecor (QBR.B), Stella-Jones (SJ), Nuvei (NVEI), Quebecor (QBR.A), Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF), Enerflex (EFX), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), and Chorus Aviation (CHR). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
MEG Energy vs.
RB Global (TSE:RBA) and MEG Energy (TSE:MEG) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
RB Global pays an annual dividend of C$1.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. MEG Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. RB Global pays out 69.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MEG Energy pays out 21.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. MEG Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
RB Global has a net margin of 10.01% compared to MEG Energy's net margin of 9.04%. MEG Energy's return on equity of 11.06% beat RB Global's return on equity.
97.3% of RB Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.4% of MEG Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of RB Global shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of MEG Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
MEG Energy received 191 more outperform votes than RB Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.44% of users gave RB Global an outperform vote while only 56.09% of users gave MEG Energy an outperform vote.
MEG Energy has higher revenue and earnings than RB Global. MEG Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RB Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, RB Global had 1 more articles in the media than MEG Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for RB Global and 1 mentions for MEG Energy. MEG Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat RB Global's score of 0.23 indicating that MEG Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MEG Energy has a consensus price target of C$30.35, indicating a potential upside of 53.05%. Given MEG Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MEG Energy is more favorable than RB Global.
RB Global has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MEG Energy has a beta of 2.89, indicating that its share price is 189% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
MEG Energy beats RB Global on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:MEG) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
