RBA vs. PYPL, WCN, TCOM, IQV, RDDT, GIB, CPAY, AER, TOST, and GRAB
Should you be buying RB Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RB Global include PayPal (PYPL), Waste Connections (WCN), Trip.com Group (TCOM), IQVIA (IQV), Reddit (RDDT), CGI Group (GIB), Corpay (CPAY), Aercap (AER), Toast (TOST), and Grab (GRAB). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
RB Global vs. Its Competitors
RB Global (NYSE:RBA) and PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.
95.4% of RB Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of PayPal shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of RB Global shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of PayPal shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
PayPal has a net margin of 14.26% compared to RB Global's net margin of 9.68%. PayPal's return on equity of 24.59% beat RB Global's return on equity.
RB Global presently has a consensus target price of $115.79, indicating a potential upside of 9.51%. PayPal has a consensus target price of $83.42, indicating a potential upside of 9.17%. Given RB Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe RB Global is more favorable than PayPal.
In the previous week, PayPal had 23 more articles in the media than RB Global. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for PayPal and 14 mentions for RB Global. PayPal's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat RB Global's score of 1.02 indicating that PayPal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
RB Global has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PayPal has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PayPal has higher revenue and earnings than RB Global. PayPal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RB Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
PayPal beats RB Global on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:RBA) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff