MEG vs. GIB.A, RBA, GFL, STN, QBR.A, QBR.B, SJ, NVEI, EFX, and LIF
Should you be buying MEG Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MEG Energy include CGI (GIB.A), RB Global (RBA), GFL Environmental (GFL), Stantec (STN), Quebecor (QBR.A), Quebecor (QBR.B), Stella-Jones (SJ), Nuvei (NVEI), Enerflex (EFX), and Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
MEG Energy vs. Its Competitors
CGI (TSE:GIB.A) and MEG Energy (TSE:MEG) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, MEG Energy had 8 more articles in the media than CGI. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for MEG Energy and 0 mentions for CGI. CGI's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat MEG Energy's score of 0.57 indicating that CGI is being referred to more favorably in the media.
34.0% of CGI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.0% of MEG Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of CGI shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of MEG Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
CGI has a beta of 0.303644, indicating that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MEG Energy has a beta of 0.715226, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CGI presently has a consensus target price of C$174.90, indicating a potential upside of 42.25%. MEG Energy has a consensus target price of C$30.33, indicating a potential upside of 1.96%. Given CGI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe CGI is more favorable than MEG Energy.
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 pays an annual dividend of C$0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. MEG Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. CGI pays out 6.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MEG Energy pays out 19.1% 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.
Summary
CGI beats MEG Energy on 14 of the 19 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 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
