RBA vs. WCN, GIB.A, CCO, GFL, STN, MEG, QBR.B, SJ, NVEI, and QBR.A
Should you be buying RB Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RB Global include Waste Connections (WCN), CGI (GIB.A), Cameco (CCO), GFL Environmental (GFL), Stantec (STN), MEG Energy (MEG), Quebecor (QBR.B), Stella-Jones (SJ), Nuvei (NVEI), and Quebecor (QBR.A). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
RB Global vs.
Waste Connections (TSE:WCN) and RB Global (TSE:RBA) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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 1.1%. 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.
In the previous week, RB Global had 1 more articles in the media than Waste Connections. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for RB Global and 0 mentions for Waste Connections. RB Global's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Waste Connections' score of -0.20 indicating that RB Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Waste Connections has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RB Global has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Waste Connections received 29 more outperform votes than RB Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.53% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote while only 56.44% of users gave RB Global an outperform vote.
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.
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.
Waste Connections presently has a consensus target price of C$265.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.98%. Given Waste Connections' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than RB Global.
Summary
Waste Connections and RB Global tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:RBA) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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