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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.
Quebecor pays an annual dividend of C$1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. MEG Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. 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.
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.
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.
MEG Energy has a consensus price target of C$30.61, suggesting a potential upside of 18.60%. Given MEG Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MEG Energy is more favorable than Quebecor.
Quebecor has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MEG Energy has a beta of 2.89, suggesting that its share price is 189% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, MEG Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Quebecor. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for MEG Energy and 2 mentions for Quebecor. MEG Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Quebecor's score of 0.10 indicating that MEG Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MEG Energy received 369 more outperform votes than Quebecor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Quebecor an outperform vote while only 56.09% of users gave MEG Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
MEG Energy beats Quebecor on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:QBR.A) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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