Nuvei (NVEI) Competitors

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

Is MEG or NVEI a better dividend stock?

MEG Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Nuvei pays an annual dividend of C$0.54 per share. MEG Energy pays out 19.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nuvei pays out -490.9% 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 NVEI?

44.4% of MEG Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.5% of Nuvei shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of MEG Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Nuvei shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MEG or NVEI more profitable?

MEG Energy has a net margin of 10.43% compared to Nuvei's net margin of -0.87%. MEG Energy's return on equity of 12.99% beat Nuvei's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MEG Energy	10.43%	12.99%	8.96%
Nuvei	-0.87%	-0.17%	2.39%

Does the media refer more to MEG or NVEI?

In the previous week, Nuvei had 1 more articles in the media than MEG Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Nuvei and 1 mentions for MEG Energy. MEG Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Nuvei's score of 0.62 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nuvei	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, MEG or NVEI?

MEG Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Nuvei. Nuvei 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	1.23	C$586M	C$2.10	12.23
Nuvei	C$1.31B	0.00	-C$11.38M	-C$0.11	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MEG or NVEI?

MEG Energy received 409 more outperform votes than Nuvei when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.14% of users gave Nuvei an outperform vote while only 56.50% of users gave MEG Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MEG Energy	Outperform Votes 417 56.50%	Underperform Votes 321 43.50%
Nuvei	Outperform Votes 8 57.14%	Underperform Votes 6 42.86%

Do analysts prefer MEG or NVEI?

MEG Energy currently has a consensus target price of C$32.55, suggesting a potential upside of 26.73%. Given MEG Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe MEG Energy is more favorable than Nuvei.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MEG Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45
Nuvei	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility and risk, MEG or NVEI?

MEG Energy has a beta of 2.89, meaning that its share price is 189% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuvei has a beta of 3.12, meaning that its share price is 212% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MEG Energy beats Nuvei on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.