RB Global (RBA) Competitors

Waste Connections (TSE:WCN) and RB Global (TSE:RBA) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.

Do analysts recommend WCN or RBA?

Waste Connections currently has a consensus price target of C$265.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.06%. Given Waste Connections' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than RB Global.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Waste Connections	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
RB Global	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, WCN or RBA?

Waste Connections has higher revenue and earnings than RB Global. Waste Connections 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
Waste Connections	C$6.13B	8.11	C$662.45M	C$5.17	52.83
RB Global	C$2.06B	8.47	C$206.01M	C$2.28	59.27

Is WCN or RBA more profitable?

Waste Connections has a net margin of 10.81% compared to RB Global's net margin of 10.01%. Waste Connections' return on equity of 11.86% beat RB Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Waste Connections	10.81%	11.86%	5.00%
RB Global	10.01%	6.35%	4.03%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WCN or RBA?

Waste Connections received 30 more outperform votes than RB Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.62% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote while only 56.44% of users gave RB Global an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Waste Connections	Outperform Votes 258 68.62%	Underperform Votes 118 31.38%
RB Global	Outperform Votes 228 56.44%	Underperform Votes 176 43.56%

Which has more volatility & risk, WCN or RBA?

Waste Connections has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RB Global has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

89.6% of Waste Connections shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of RB Global shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Waste Connections shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of RB Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to WCN or RBA?

In the previous week, Waste Connections and Waste Connections both had 1 articles in the media. RB Global's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Waste Connections' score of 0.37 indicating that RB Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Waste Connections	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
RB Global	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is WCN or RBA a better dividend stock?

Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of C$1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. RB Global pays an annual dividend of C$1.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Waste Connections pays out 30.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RB Global pays out 69.4% 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.

Summary

Waste Connections beats RB Global on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.