QBR.B vs. GFL, RBA, STN, MEG, SJ, QBR.A, NVEI, LIF, EFX, and TIXT
Should you be buying Quebecor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quebecor include GFL Environmental (GFL), RB Global (RBA), Stantec (STN), MEG Energy (MEG), Stella-Jones (SJ), Quebecor (QBR.A), Nuvei (NVEI), Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF), Enerflex (EFX), and TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Quebecor vs. Its Competitors
Quebecor (TSE:QBR.B) and GFL Environmental (TSE:GFL) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Quebecor has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GFL Environmental. GFL Environmental is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quebecor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Quebecor pays an annual dividend of C$1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. GFL Environmental pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Quebecor pays out 41.0% 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.
Quebecor has a net margin of 12.99% compared to GFL Environmental's net margin of -7.55%. Quebecor's return on equity of 37.44% beat GFL Environmental's return on equity.
55.6% of Quebecor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of GFL Environmental shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Quebecor 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 company is poised for long-term growth.
Quebecor has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GFL Environmental has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Quebecor presently has a consensus target price of C$40.39, suggesting a potential upside of 1.44%. Given Quebecor's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Quebecor is more favorable than GFL Environmental.
In the previous week, Quebecor had 2 more articles in the media than GFL Environmental. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Quebecor and 1 mentions for GFL Environmental. GFL Environmental's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Quebecor's score of 0.53 indicating that GFL Environmental is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Quebecor beats GFL Environmental 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
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This page (TSE:QBR.B) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
