RBA vs. WCN, TCOM, IQV, RDDT, GIB, CPAY, KSPI, AER, GRAB, and TRU
Should you be buying RB Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RB Global include Waste Connections (WCN), Trip.com Group (TCOM), IQVIA (IQV), Reddit (RDDT), CGI (GIB), Corpay (CPAY), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), AerCap (AER), Grab (GRAB), and TransUnion (TRU). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
RB Global vs.
Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) and RB Global (NYSE:RBA) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends and valuation.
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.
Waste Connections received 449 more outperform votes than RB Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.11% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote while only 49.82% of users gave RB Global an outperform vote.
Waste Connections currently has a consensus price target of $201.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.25%. RB Global has a consensus price target of $107.64, suggesting a potential upside of 4.91%. Given Waste Connections' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than RB Global.
Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of $1.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. RB Global pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Waste Connections pays out 52.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RB Global pays out 57.7% 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. RB Global has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years. RB Global is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
86.1% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of RB Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Waste Connections shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of RB Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, RB Global had 6 more articles in the media than Waste Connections. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for RB Global and 23 mentions for Waste Connections. RB Global's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Waste Connections' score of 0.35 indicating that RB Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
RB Global has a net margin of 9.64% compared to Waste Connections' net margin of 6.92%. Waste Connections' return on equity of 15.54% beat RB Global's return on equity.
Waste Connections has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RB Global has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Waste Connections beats RB Global on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:RBA) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
