MEG Energy (MEG) Competitors

MEG Energy (TSE:MEG) and GFL Environmental (TSE:GFL) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, MEG or GFL?

MEG Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GFL Environmental. GFL Environmental is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MEG Energy, 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
MEG Energy	C$5.62B	1.15	C$586M	C$2.10	11.44
GFL Environmental	C$7.63B	2.98	-C$674.60M	-C$2.05	-29.16

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MEG or GFL?

MEG Energy received 401 more outperform votes than GFL Environmental when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave GFL Environmental an outperform vote while only 56.28% of users gave MEG Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MEG Energy	Outperform Votes 417 56.28%	Underperform Votes 324 43.72%
GFL Environmental	Outperform Votes 16 72.73%	Underperform Votes 6 27.27%

Do analysts recommend MEG or GFL?

MEG Energy currently has a consensus price target of C$32.27, indicating a potential upside of 34.30%. Given MEG Energy's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe MEG Energy is more favorable than GFL Environmental.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MEG Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
GFL Environmental	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is MEG or GFL a better dividend stock?

MEG Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. GFL Environmental pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. MEG Energy pays out 19.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GFL Environmental pays out -3.9% 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.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in MEG or GFL?

44.4% of MEG Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of GFL Environmental shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of MEG Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of GFL Environmental shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer MEG or GFL?

In the previous week, MEG Energy and MEG Energy both had 1 articles in the media. GFL Environmental's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat MEG Energy's score of 0.06 indicating that GFL Environmental is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
MEG Energy	Neutral
GFL Environmental	Positive

Is MEG or GFL more profitable?

MEG Energy has a net margin of 10.43% compared to GFL Environmental's net margin of -8.83%. MEG Energy's return on equity of 12.99% beat GFL Environmental's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MEG Energy	10.43%	12.99%	8.96%
GFL Environmental	-8.83%	-9.83%	1.22%

Which has more risk and volatility, MEG or GFL?

MEG Energy has a beta of 2.89, meaning that its stock price is 189% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GFL Environmental has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MEG Energy beats GFL Environmental on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.