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Quebecor (QBR.A) Competitors

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C$37.75 +1.25 (+3.42%)
As of 03/28/2025 09:31 AM Eastern

QBR.A vs. MEG, QBR.B, SJ, NVEI, LIF, EFX, TIXT, CHR, FC, and MAX

Should you be buying Quebecor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quebecor include MEG Energy (MEG), Quebecor (QBR.B), Stella-Jones (SJ), Nuvei (NVEI), Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF), Enerflex (EFX), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), Chorus Aviation (CHR), Firm Capital Mortgage Investment (FC), and Midas Gold Corp. (MAX.TO) (MAX). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Quebecor vs.

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

MEG Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Quebecor pays an annual dividend of C$1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. MEG Energy pays out 21.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quebecor pays out 41.0% 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 presently has a consensus target price of C$30.95, suggesting a potential upside of 24.30%. Given MEG Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe MEG Energy is more favorable than Quebecor.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MEG Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
Quebecor
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

MEG Energy received 369 more outperform votes than Quebecor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Quebecor an outperform vote while only 56.17% of users gave MEG Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MEG EnergyOutperform Votes
419
56.17%
Underperform Votes
327
43.83%
QuebecorOutperform Votes
50
66.67%
Underperform Votes
25
33.33%

Quebecor has higher revenue and earnings than MEG Energy. Quebecor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MEG Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MEG EnergyC$5.39B1.20C$487.47MC$1.8913.19
QuebecorC$5.67B0.51C$736.30MC$3.1711.91

In the previous week, MEG Energy and MEG Energy both had 1 articles in the media. Quebecor's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat MEG Energy's score of 0.55 indicating that Quebecor is being referred to more favorably in the news 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
Quebecor
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

44.4% of MEG Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.0% of Quebecor shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of MEG Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 91.1% of Quebecor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

MEG Energy has a beta of 2.89, suggesting that its stock price is 189% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quebecor has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Quebecor has a net margin of 12.99% compared to MEG Energy's net margin of 9.04%. Quebecor's return on equity of 37.44% beat MEG Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MEG Energy9.04% 11.06% 8.96%
Quebecor 12.99%37.44%7.05%

Summary

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

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QBR.A vs. The Competition

MetricQuebecorTelecom Services IndustryBusiness SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$2.90BC$11.50BC$7.13BC$5.62B
Dividend Yield3.61%9.58%2.53%6.83%
P/E Ratio11.9128.9629.8130.43
Price / Sales0.5128.22151.65612.77
Price / Cash174.7531.1631.4082.93
Price / Book4.192.924.763.63
Net IncomeC$736.30MC$628.05MC$195.05MC$299.15M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.14%-1.40%-0.95%
1 Month Performance10.83%2.62%-5.16%-0.24%
1 Year Performance26.30%10.50%2.29%14.94%

Quebecor Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QBR.A
Quebecor
N/AC$37.75
+3.4%
N/A+26.3%C$2.90BC$5.67B11.9110,000
MEG
MEG Energy
2.284 of 5 stars
C$25.44
+0.7%
C$30.95
+21.7%
-19.9%C$6.59BC$5.39B13.48449
QBR.B
Quebecor
0.9416 of 5 stars
C$35.49
+0.1%
C$38.33
+8.0%
+22.3%C$5.60BC$5.67B11.2010,039News Coverage
SJ
Stella-Jones
2.543 of 5 stars
C$67.37
+0.9%
C$86.60
+28.5%
-14.2%C$3.77BC$3.41B11.77280
NVEI
Nuvei
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$3.13BC$1.31B-432.821,370
LIF
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty
1.7153 of 5 stars
C$30.74
0.0%
C$33.50
+9.0%
+3.7%C$1.98BC$208.43M10.07600
EFX
Enerflex
2.2286 of 5 stars
C$11.50
+0.7%
C$13.97
+21.5%
+39.3%C$1.43BC$3.09B-12.4914,000News Coverage
TIXT
TELUS International (Cda)
N/AC$3.91
flat
N/A-66.4%C$751.82MC$1.86B24.2573,100News Coverage
CHR
Chorus Aviation
0.9439 of 5 stars
C$20.76
+0.4%
C$9.53
-54.1%
+861.0%C$563.85MC$218.98M-34.274,573
FC
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment
N/AC$12.06
+0.7%
N/A+4.2%C$445.24MC$72.77M12.611,150
MAX
Midas Gold Corp. (MAX.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$431.51MN/A-1.90160
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This page (TSE:QBR.A) was last updated on 3/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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