RB Global (RBA) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RBA or WCN?

Waste Connections received 447 more outperform votes than RB Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.20% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote while only 49.64% of users gave RB Global an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RB Global	Outperform Votes 414 49.64%	Underperform Votes 420 50.36%
Waste Connections	Outperform Votes 861 75.20%	Underperform Votes 284 24.80%

Which has more risk and volatility, RBA or WCN?

RB Global has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Connections has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RBA or WCN more profitable?

Waste Connections has a net margin of 10.81% compared to RB Global's net margin of 9.06%. Waste Connections' return on equity of 15.43% beat RB Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RB Global	9.06%	7.41%	3.15%
Waste Connections	10.81%	15.43%	6.41%

Do analysts prefer RBA or WCN?

RB Global currently has a consensus target price of $98.36, indicating a potential upside of 4.93%. Waste Connections has a consensus target price of $195.56, indicating a potential upside of 4.85%. Given RB Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe RB Global is more favorable than Waste Connections.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RB Global	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Waste Connections	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76

Which has better earnings & valuation, RBA or WCN?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
RB Global	$3.68B	4.70	$206.50M	$1.84	50.95
Waste Connections	$8.02B	6.00	$762.80M	$3.64	51.24

Do insiders & institutionals believe in RBA or WCN?

95.4% of RB Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of RB Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Waste Connections shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer RBA or WCN?

In the previous week, Waste Connections had 16 more articles in the media than RB Global. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Waste Connections and 7 mentions for RB Global. RB Global's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Waste Connections' score of 0.27 indicating that RB Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RB Global	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Waste Connections	6 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is RBA or WCN a better dividend stock?

RB Global pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of $1.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. RB Global pays out 63.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Waste Connections pays out 34.6% 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. RB Global has increased 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.

Summary

Waste Connections beats RB Global on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.