MEG Energy (MEG) Competitors

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

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 1.8%. 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 analysts recommend MEG or GFL?

MEG Energy presently has a consensus price target of C$32.45, suggesting a potential upside of 46.32%. Given MEG Energy's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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

Does the media prefer MEG or GFL?

In the previous week, MEG Energy had 3 more articles in the media than GFL Environmental. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for MEG Energy and 2 mentions for GFL Environmental. MEG Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat GFL Environmental's score of -0.31 indicating that MEG Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MEG Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GFL Environmental	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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 56.35% of users gave MEG Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MEG Energy	Outperform Votes 417 56.35%	Underperform Votes 323 43.65%
GFL Environmental	Outperform Votes 16 72.73%	Underperform Votes 6 27.27%

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, suggesting that its share price is 189% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GFL Environmental has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, 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	1.06	C$586M	C$2.10	10.56
GFL Environmental	C$7.63B	3.22	-C$674.60M	-C$2.05	-31.45

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of 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 insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of GFL Environmental shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

MEG Energy beats GFL Environmental on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.