GIB.A vs. WCN, GFL, CCO, RBA, STN, MEG, QBR.B, SJ, NVEI, and QBR.A
Should you be buying CGI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CGI include Waste Connections (WCN), GFL Environmental (GFL), Cameco (CCO), RB Global (RBA), Stantec (STN), MEG Energy (MEG), Quebecor (QBR.B), Stella-Jones (SJ), Nuvei (NVEI), and Quebecor (QBR.A). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
CGI vs.
Waste Connections (TSE:WCN) and CGI (TSE:GIB.A) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
Waste Connections has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CGI has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Waste Connections presently has a consensus price target of C$265.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.54%. CGI has a consensus price target of C$178.31, indicating a potential upside of 29.72%. Given CGI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CGI is more favorable than Waste Connections.
CGI has a net margin of 11.51% compared to Waste Connections' net margin of 10.81%. CGI's return on equity of 19.51% beat Waste Connections' return on equity.
CGI received 408 more outperform votes than Waste Connections when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.75% of users gave CGI an outperform vote while only 68.62% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote.
89.6% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of CGI shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Waste Connections shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of CGI shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Waste Connections had 2 more articles in the media than CGI. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Waste Connections and 1 mentions for CGI. CGI's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Waste Connections' score of -0.87 indicating that CGI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CGI has higher revenue and earnings than Waste Connections. CGI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Connections, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CGI beats Waste Connections on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:GIB.A) was last updated on 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff