TFII vs. MTL, WCN, WSP, RBA, GFL, STN, TIH, EFN, CAE, and BBD.B
Should you be buying TFI International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TFI International include Mullen Group (MTL), Waste Connections (WCN), WSP Global (WSP), RB Global (RBA), GFL Environmental (GFL), Stantec (STN), Toromont Industries (TIH), Element Fleet Management (EFN), CAE (CAE), and Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
TFI International (TSE:TFII) and Mullen Group (TSE:MTL) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.
72.8% of TFI International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.9% of Mullen Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of TFI International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Mullen Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
TFI International presently has a consensus price target of C$182.78, suggesting a potential upside of 1.35%. Mullen Group has a consensus price target of C$17.89, suggesting a potential upside of 37.50%. Given Mullen Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Mullen Group is more favorable than TFI International.
TFI International has higher revenue and earnings than Mullen Group. Mullen Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TFI International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TFI International has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mullen Group has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mullen Group received 104 more outperform votes than TFI International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.95% of users gave TFI International an outperform vote while only 52.94% of users gave Mullen Group an outperform vote.
Mullen Group has a net margin of 6.49% compared to TFI International's net margin of 6.44%. TFI International's return on equity of 18.98% beat Mullen Group's return on equity.
TFI International pays an annual dividend of C$2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Mullen Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. TFI International pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mullen Group pays out 52.6% 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, Mullen Group had 2 more articles in the media than TFI International. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Mullen Group and 1 mentions for TFI International. TFI International's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Mullen Group's score of 0.45 indicating that TFI International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
TFI International beats Mullen Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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