TFII vs. MTL, WCN, WSP, RBA, GFL, STN, TIH, EFN, CAE, and BBD.B
Should you be buying TFI International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TFI International include Mullen Group (MTL), Waste Connections (WCN), WSP Global (WSP), RB Global (RBA), GFL Environmental (GFL), Stantec (STN), Toromont Industries (TIH), Element Fleet Management (EFN), CAE (CAE), and Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Mullen Group (TSE:MTL) and TFI International (TSE:TFII) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Mullen Group presently has a consensus target price of C$17.89, suggesting a potential upside of 37.50%. TFI International has a consensus target price of C$182.78, suggesting a potential upside of 1.35%. Given TFI International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mullen Group is more favorable than TFI International.
Mullen Group received 104 more outperform votes than TFI International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.95% of users gave TFI International an outperform vote while only 52.94% of users gave Mullen Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Mullen Group had 2 more articles in the media than TFI International. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Mullen Group and 1 mentions for TFI International. Mullen Group's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat TFI International's score of 0.59 indicating that TFI International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mullen Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. TFI International pays an annual dividend of C$2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Mullen Group pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TFI International pays out 28.6% 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.
29.9% of Mullen Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of TFI International shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Mullen Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of TFI International shares are owned 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.
Mullen Group has a beta of 1.81, suggesting that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TFI International has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mullen Group has a net margin of 6.49% compared to Mullen Group's net margin of 6.44%. Mullen Group's return on equity of 18.98% beat TFI International's return on equity.
TFI International has higher revenue and earnings than Mullen Group. Mullen Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TFI International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
TFI International beats Mullen Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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