MEG Energy (MEG) Competitors

MEG Energy (TSE:MEG) and GFL Environmental (TSE:GFL) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.

Which has more volatility and risk, MEG or GFL?

MEG Energy has a beta of 2.89, suggesting that its share price is 189% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GFL Environmental has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to MEG or GFL?

In the previous week, GFL Environmental had 1 more articles in the media than MEG Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for GFL Environmental and 1 mentions for MEG Energy. MEG Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat GFL Environmental's score of -0.15 indicating that MEG Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
MEG Energy	Positive
GFL Environmental	Neutral

Is MEG or GFL a better dividend stock?

MEG Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. GFL Environmental pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. MEG Energy pays out 21.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GFL Environmental pays out -5.3% 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.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, MEG or GFL?

MEG Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GFL Environmental. GFL Environmental is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MEG Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MEG Energy	C$5.39B	1.25	C$487.47M	C$1.89	13.81
GFL Environmental	C$7.88B	3.17	-C$594.65M	-C$1.52	-42.42

Do analysts prefer MEG or GFL?

MEG Energy currently has a consensus price target of C$30.61, suggesting a potential upside of 17.42%. Given MEG Energy's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe MEG Energy is more favorable than GFL Environmental.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MEG Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
GFL Environmental	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Is MEG or GFL more profitable?

MEG Energy has a net margin of 9.04% compared to GFL Environmental's net margin of -7.55%. MEG Energy's return on equity of 11.06% beat GFL Environmental's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MEG Energy	9.04%	11.06%	8.96%
GFL Environmental	-7.55%	-8.41%	1.22%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MEG or GFL?

44.4% of MEG Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of GFL Environmental shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of MEG Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of GFL Environmental shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

MEG Energy beats GFL Environmental on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.