MEG vs. GIB.A, GFL, STN, QBR.A, QBR.B, SJ, NVEI, LIF, EFX, and TIXT
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), Stantec (STN), Quebecor (QBR.A), Quebecor (QBR.B), Stella-Jones (SJ), Nuvei (NVEI), Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF), Enerflex (EFX), and TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT). 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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
56.7% of MEG Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.7% of CGI shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of MEG Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of CGI shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company 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 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.
MEG Energy has a beta of 0.934085, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CGI has a beta of 0.365187, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MEG Energy presently has a consensus price target of C$30.86, indicating a potential upside of 8.16%. CGI has a consensus price target of C$179.40, indicating a potential upside of 40.74%. Given CGI's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CGI is more favorable than MEG Energy.
In the previous week, CGI had 1 more articles in the media than MEG Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for CGI and 3 mentions for MEG Energy. MEG Energy's average media sentiment score of -0.06 beat CGI's score of -0.23 indicating that MEG Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MEG Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. CGI pays an annual dividend of C$0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. MEG Energy pays out 19.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CGI pays out 6.0% 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 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:MEG) was last updated on 9/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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