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Quebecor (QBR.A) Competitors

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C$42.52 +1.63 (+3.99%)
As of 07/4/2025 09:30 AM Eastern

QBR.A vs. MEG, QBR.B, SJ, NVEI, LIF, EFX, TIXT, CHR, FC, and MAX

Should you be buying Quebecor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quebecor include MEG Energy (MEG), Quebecor (QBR.B), Stella-Jones (SJ), Nuvei (NVEI), Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF), Enerflex (EFX), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), Chorus Aviation (CHR), Firm Capital Mortgage Investment (FC), and Midas Gold Corp. (MAX.TO) (MAX). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Quebecor vs. Its Competitors

Quebecor (TSE:QBR.A) and MEG Energy (TSE:MEG) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and profitability.

5.0% of Quebecor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.4% of MEG Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 91.1% of Quebecor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of MEG Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Quebecor has a net margin of 12.99% compared to MEG Energy's net margin of 9.04%. Quebecor's return on equity of 37.44% beat MEG Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Quebecor12.99% 37.44% 7.05%
MEG Energy 9.04%11.06%8.96%

Quebecor pays an annual dividend of C$1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. MEG Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Quebecor pays out 41.0% 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 has a consensus target price of C$30.61, suggesting a potential upside of 19.71%. Given MEG Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MEG Energy is more favorable than Quebecor.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Quebecor
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
MEG Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
QuebecorC$5.67B0.58C$736.30MC$3.1713.41
MEG EnergyC$5.39B1.23C$487.47MC$1.8913.54

In the previous week, Quebecor had 1 more articles in the media than MEG Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Quebecor and 0 mentions for MEG Energy. Quebecor's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat MEG Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Quebecor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Quebecor Positive
MEG Energy Neutral

Quebecor has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MEG Energy has a beta of 2.89, meaning that its share price is 189% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MEG Energy beats Quebecor on 10 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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QBR.A vs. The Competition

MetricQuebecorTelecom Services IndustryBusiness SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$3.26BC$11.35BC$13.13BC$6.19B
Dividend Yield3.61%9.58%2.54%6.72%
P/E Ratio13.4133.2928.9550.85
Price / Sales0.5829.0941.151,194.54
Price / Cash174.7531.1626.6583.29
Price / Book4.713.616.294.69
Net IncomeC$736.30MC$628.05MC$188.91MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance3.99%3.41%3.69%2.28%
1 Month Performance6.43%0.58%4.72%4.71%
1 Year Performance43.07%8.96%38.85%26.90%

Quebecor Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QBR.A
Quebecor
N/AC$42.52
+4.0%
N/A+43.1%C$3.26BC$5.67B13.4110,000News Coverage
MEG
MEG Energy
1.6941 of 5 stars
C$25.79
+0.2%
C$30.61
+18.7%
-13.9%C$6.69BC$5.39B13.66449
QBR.B
Quebecor
0.7384 of 5 stars
C$40.83
-1.5%
C$39.92
-2.2%
+43.4%C$6.44BC$5.67B12.8810,039
SJ
Stella-Jones
1.481 of 5 stars
C$78.15
-0.4%
C$86.17
+10.3%
-10.9%C$4.37BC$3.41B13.65280News Coverage
NVEI
Nuvei
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$3.13BC$1.31B-432.821,370
LIF
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty
1.4403 of 5 stars
C$28.40
+0.1%
C$33.50
+18.0%
-5.4%C$1.83BC$208.43M9.30600
EFX
Enerflex
1.8884 of 5 stars
C$10.92
+1.6%
C$15.71
+43.8%
+46.5%C$1.36BC$3.09B-11.8614,000News Coverage
Analyst Revision
TIXT
TELUS International (Cda)
1.7452 of 5 stars
C$5.08
+2.6%
C$3.40
-33.1%
-31.6%C$976.78MC$1.86B31.5173,100Gap Up
CHR
Chorus Aviation
0.8179 of 5 stars
C$22.50
+0.7%
C$12.88
-42.8%
+822.5%C$611.11MC$218.98M-37.144,573Dividend Cut
FC
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment
N/AC$12.30
flat
N/A+10.7%C$454.10MC$72.77M12.861,150
MAX
Midas Gold Corp. (MAX.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$431.51MN/A-1.90160

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This page (TSE:QBR.A) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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