RBA vs. WCN, CCO, GIB.A, 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), Cameco (CCO), CGI (GIB.A), 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 stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
97.3% of RB Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of Waste Connections shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of RB Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Waste Connections 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.
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.
RB Global presently has a consensus price target of C$76.00, suggesting a potential downside of 42.02%. Waste Connections has a consensus price target of C$205.10, suggesting a potential downside of 21.36%. Given Waste Connections' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than RB Global.
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.
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.
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.
RB Global has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Connections has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Waste Connections had 6 more articles in the media than RB Global. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Waste Connections and 2 mentions for RB Global. Waste Connections' average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat RB Global's score of 0.35 indicating that Waste Connections is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Waste Connections beats RB Global on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:RBA) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
