Etsy (ETSY) Competitors

GFL Environmental (NYSE:GFL) and Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and community ranking.

Which has better earnings and valuation, GFL or ETSY?

Etsy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than GFL Environmental. GFL Environmental is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Etsy, 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
GFL Environmental	$7.86B	2.45	$33.63M	-$1.55	-31.57
Etsy	$2.81B	1.66	$307.57M	$2.37	18.42

Which has more volatility & risk, GFL or ETSY?

GFL Environmental has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Etsy has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GFL or ETSY more profitable?

Etsy has a net margin of 10.80% compared to GFL Environmental's net margin of -7.54%. GFL Environmental's return on equity of 3.50% beat Etsy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GFL Environmental	-7.54%	3.50%	1.25%
Etsy	10.80%	-46.62%	12.37%

Do analysts recommend GFL or ETSY?

GFL Environmental currently has a consensus target price of $51.25, indicating a potential upside of 4.74%. Etsy has a consensus target price of $56.71, indicating a potential upside of 29.92%. Given Etsy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Etsy is more favorable than GFL Environmental.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GFL Environmental	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
Etsy	4 Sell rating(s)	15 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.19

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GFL or ETSY?

Etsy received 735 more outperform votes than GFL Environmental when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.99% of users gave GFL Environmental an outperform vote while only 58.38% of users gave Etsy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GFL Environmental	Outperform Votes 115 70.99%	Underperform Votes 47 29.01%
Etsy	Outperform Votes 850 58.38%	Underperform Votes 606 41.62%

Does the media refer more to GFL or ETSY?

In the previous week, Etsy had 18 more articles in the media than GFL Environmental. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Etsy and 19 mentions for GFL Environmental. GFL Environmental's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Etsy's score of 0.32 indicating that GFL Environmental is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GFL Environmental	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Etsy	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	12 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals believe in GFL or ETSY?

64.7% of GFL Environmental shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.5% of Etsy shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of GFL Environmental shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Etsy shares are owned by 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.

Summary

Etsy beats GFL Environmental on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.