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.
RB Global (TSE:RBA) and Waste Connections (TSE:WCN) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
RB Global has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Connections has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% 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 higher revenue and earnings than RB Global. RB Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Connections, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RB Global currently has a consensus price target of C$76.00, suggesting a potential downside of 41.43%. Waste Connections has a consensus price target of C$237.33, suggesting a potential downside of 7.66%. Given Waste Connections' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than RB Global.
Waste Connections has a net margin of 10.23% compared to RB Global's net margin of 8.68%. Waste Connections' return on equity of 11.14% beat RB Global's return on equity.
In the previous week, RB Global and RB Global both had 1 articles in the media. RB Global's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Waste Connections' score of 0.24 indicating that RB Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
97.3% of RB Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of RB Global shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Waste Connections shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
RB Global pays an annual dividend of C$1.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of C$1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. RB Global pays out 64.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Waste Connections pays out 34.4% 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 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:RBA) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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