RBA vs. WCN, TCOM, IQV, RDDT, GIB, CPAY, AER, GRAB, KSPI, and ICLR
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), AerCap (AER), Grab (GRAB), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), and ICON Public (ICLR). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
RB Global vs.
RB Global (NYSE:RBA) and Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) 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 dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.
RB Global pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. 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.
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.
95.4% of RB Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of Waste Connections shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of RB Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Waste Connections shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
RB Global has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Connections has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
RB Global presently has a consensus target price of $100.36, suggesting a potential upside of 12.45%. Waste Connections has a consensus target price of $199.75, suggesting a potential upside of 11.94%. Given RB Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe RB Global is more favorable than Waste Connections.
In the previous week, RB Global had 7 more articles in the media than Waste Connections. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for RB Global and 6 mentions for Waste Connections. Waste Connections' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat RB Global's score of 0.37 indicating that Waste Connections is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Waste Connections received 450 more outperform votes than RB Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.15% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote while only 49.58% of users gave RB Global an outperform vote.
Summary
Waste Connections beats RB Global on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:RBA) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
