MEG vs. GFL, STN, NVEI, CHR, DHX, BRAG, LGC, AAN, SPN, and SYI
Should you be buying MEG Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MEG Energy include GFL Environmental (GFL), Stantec (STN), Nuvei (NVEI), Chorus Aviation (CHR), Wild Brain. (DHX), Bragg Gaming Group (BRAG), Lavras Gold (LGC), Aton Resources (AAN), Snipp Interactive (SPN), and Silvermet (SYI). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
MEG Energy (TSE:MEG) and GFL Environmental (TSE:GFL) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
MEG Energy currently has a consensus target price of C$33.08, suggesting a potential upside of 18.83%. Given MEG Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MEG Energy is more favorable than GFL Environmental.
MEG Energy received 400 more outperform votes than GFL Environmental when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave GFL Environmental an outperform vote while only 56.77% of users gave MEG Energy an outperform vote.
MEG Energy has a beta of 3.12, indicating that its share price is 212% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GFL Environmental has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, MEG Energy had 6 more articles in the media than GFL Environmental. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for MEG Energy and 2 mentions for GFL Environmental. MEG Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat GFL Environmental's score of -0.42 indicating that MEG Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MEG Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GFL Environmental.
41.4% of MEG Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.3% of GFL Environmental shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of MEG Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% 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.
MEG Energy has a net margin of 10.58% compared to GFL Environmental's net margin of 1.22%. MEG Energy's return on equity of 13.20% beat GFL Environmental's return on equity.
Summary
MEG Energy beats GFL Environmental on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get MEG Energy News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MEG and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MEG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
MEG Energy Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
Free MEG Stock Alerts