MARA (MARA) Competitors

MARA (NASDAQ:MARA) and RB Global (NYSE:RBA) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Does the media refer more to MARA or RBA?

In the previous week, MARA had 15 more articles in the media than RB Global. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for MARA and 14 mentions for RB Global. RB Global's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat MARA's score of 0.08 indicating that RB Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MARA	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
RB Global	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is MARA or RBA more profitable?

MARA has a net margin of 27.48% compared to RB Global's net margin of 9.64%. RB Global's return on equity of 8.00% beat MARA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MARA	27.48%	-8.40%	-6.92%
RB Global	9.64%	8.00%	3.45%

Do analysts prefer MARA or RBA?

MARA currently has a consensus target price of $22.80, suggesting a potential upside of 60.00%. RB Global has a consensus target price of $107.64, suggesting a potential upside of 7.40%. Given MARA's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe MARA is more favorable than RB Global.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MARA	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45
RB Global	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of MARA or RBA?

44.5% of MARA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of RB Global shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of MARA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of RB Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MARA or RBA?

RB Global received 111 more outperform votes than MARA when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.73% of users gave MARA an outperform vote while only 49.82% of users gave RB Global an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MARA	Outperform Votes 310 53.73%	Underperform Votes 267 46.27%
RB Global	Outperform Votes 421 49.82%	Underperform Votes 424 50.18%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, MARA or RBA?

MARA has higher earnings, but lower revenue than RB Global. MARA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RB Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MARA	$656.38M	7.51	$261.17M	$1.36	10.48
RB Global	$4.28B	4.32	$206.50M	$2.01	49.87

Which has more volatility and risk, MARA or RBA?

MARA has a beta of 5.95, indicating that its stock price is 495% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RB Global has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

RB Global beats MARA on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.