MEG Energy (MEG) Competitors

RB Global (TSE:RBA) and MEG Energy (TSE:MEG) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility & risk, RBA or MEG?

RB Global has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MEG Energy has a beta of 2.89, indicating that its share price is 189% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate RBA or MEG?

MEG Energy has a consensus price target of C$30.95, suggesting a potential upside of 22.48%. Given MEG Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MEG Energy is more favorable than RB Global.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RB Global	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00
MEG Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Does the media favor RBA or MEG?

In the previous week, MEG Energy had 10 more articles in the media than RB Global. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for MEG Energy and 1 mentions for RB Global. MEG Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat RB Global's score of 0.00 indicating that MEG Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RB Global	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
MEG Energy	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, RBA or MEG?

MEG Energy has higher revenue and earnings than RB Global. MEG Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RB Global, 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	C$2.06B	9.00	C$206.01M	C$2.28	63.00
MEG Energy	C$5.39B	1.21	C$487.47M	C$1.89	13.39

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in RBA or MEG?

97.3% of RB Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.4% of MEG Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of RB Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of MEG Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is RBA or MEG more profitable?

RB Global has a net margin of 10.01% compared to MEG Energy's net margin of 9.04%. MEG Energy's return on equity of 11.06% beat RB Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RB Global	10.01%	6.35%	4.03%
MEG Energy	9.04%	11.06%	8.96%

Is RBA or MEG a better dividend stock?

RB Global pays an annual dividend of C$1.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. MEG Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. RB Global pays out 69.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MEG Energy pays out 21.2% 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. MEG Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RBA or MEG?

MEG Energy received 190 more outperform votes than RB Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.44% of users gave RB Global an outperform vote while only 56.11% of users gave MEG Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RB Global	Outperform Votes 228 56.44%	Underperform Votes 176 43.56%
MEG Energy	Outperform Votes 418 56.11%	Underperform Votes 327 43.89%

Summary

MEG Energy beats RB Global on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.