Lyft (LYFT) Competitors

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

Is GFL or LYFT more profitable?

Lyft has a net margin of 0.39% compared to GFL Environmental's net margin of -7.54%. Lyft's return on equity of 8.03% beat GFL Environmental's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GFL Environmental	-7.54%	3.50%	1.25%
Lyft	0.39%	8.03%	0.98%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GFL or LYFT?

Lyft received 204 more outperform votes than GFL Environmental when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.99% of users gave GFL Environmental an outperform vote while only 51.04% of users gave Lyft an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GFL Environmental	Outperform Votes 115 70.99%	Underperform Votes 47 29.01%
Lyft	Outperform Votes 319 51.04%	Underperform Votes 306 48.96%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in GFL or LYFT?

64.7% of GFL Environmental shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Lyft shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of GFL Environmental shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Lyft shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, GFL or LYFT?

GFL Environmental has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lyft has a beta of 2.13, suggesting that its share price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor GFL or LYFT?

In the previous week, Lyft had 12 more articles in the media than GFL Environmental. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Lyft and 19 mentions for GFL Environmental. GFL Environmental's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Lyft's score of 0.64 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
Lyft	13 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend GFL or LYFT?

GFL Environmental currently has a consensus price target of $51.25, indicating a potential upside of 4.74%. Lyft has a consensus price target of $16.60, indicating a potential upside of 52.54%. Given Lyft's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lyft 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
Lyft	1 Sell rating(s)	27 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.26

Which has better earnings and valuation, GFL or LYFT?

GFL Environmental has higher revenue and earnings than Lyft. GFL Environmental is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lyft, 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
Lyft	$5.79B	0.79	$22.78M	$0.06	181.33

Summary

Lyft beats GFL Environmental on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.