GIB.A vs. WCN, CCO, GFL, RBA, STN, MEG, QBR.B, SJ, QBR.A, and NVEI
Should you be buying CGI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CGI include Waste Connections (WCN), Cameco (CCO), GFL Environmental (GFL), RB Global (RBA), Stantec (STN), MEG Energy (MEG), Quebecor (QBR.B), Stella-Jones (SJ), Quebecor (QBR.A), and Nuvei (NVEI). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
CGI vs. Its Competitors
Waste Connections (TSE:WCN) and CGI (TSE:GIB.A) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Waste Connections currently has a consensus price target of C$265.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.73%. CGI has a consensus price target of C$175.85, indicating a potential upside of 27.45%. Given CGI's 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.
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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, Waste Connections had 1 more articles in the media than CGI. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Waste Connections and 1 mentions for CGI. CGI's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Waste Connections' score of -0.16 indicating that CGI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
CGI beats Waste Connections on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:GIB.A) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
