RBA vs. WCN, CCO, GIB.A, GFL, STN, QBR.A, QBR.B, MEG, SJ, and NVEI
Should you be buying RB Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RB Global include Waste Connections (WCN), Cameco (CCO), CGI (GIB.A), GFL Environmental (GFL), Stantec (STN), Quebecor (QBR.A), Quebecor (QBR.B), MEG Energy (MEG), Stella-Jones (SJ), and Nuvei (NVEI). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
RB Global vs. Its Competitors
RB Global (TSE:RBA) and Waste Connections (TSE:WCN) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Waste Connections has a net margin of 10.81% compared to RB Global's net margin of 10.01%. Waste Connections' return on equity of 11.86% beat RB Global's return on equity.
In the previous week, Waste Connections had 4 more articles in the media than RB Global. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Waste Connections and 1 mentions for RB Global. RB Global's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Waste Connections' score of 0.70 indicating that RB Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
RB Global has a beta of 0.186633, indicating that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Connections has a beta of 0.388195, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Waste Connections has a consensus target price of C$260.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.26%. Given Waste Connections' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than RB Global.
Waste Connections has higher revenue and earnings than RB Global. RB Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Connections, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
77.0% of RB Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.4% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of RB Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Waste Connections shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
RB Global pays an annual dividend of C$1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of C$1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. RB Global pays out 57.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Waste Connections pays out 49.6% 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.
Summary
Waste Connections beats RB Global on 14 of the 18 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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This page (TSE:RBA) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
