Alight (ALIT) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, ALIT or GFL?

Alight has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GFL Environmental has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ALIT or GFL?

GFL Environmental received 59 more outperform votes than Alight when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.36% of users gave Alight an outperform vote while only 68.87% of users gave GFL Environmental an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alight	Outperform Votes 45 80.36%	Underperform Votes 11 19.64%
GFL Environmental	Outperform Votes 104 68.87%	Underperform Votes 47 31.13%

Does the media favor ALIT or GFL?

In the previous week, Alight had 15 more articles in the media than GFL Environmental. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Alight and 12 mentions for GFL Environmental. Alight's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat GFL Environmental's score of 0.34 indicating that Alight is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alight	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
GFL Environmental	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend ALIT or GFL?

Alight currently has a consensus target price of $10.95, suggesting a potential upside of 41.66%. GFL Environmental has a consensus target price of $45.80, suggesting a potential upside of 4.09%. Given Alight's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Alight is more favorable than GFL Environmental.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alight	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
GFL Environmental	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70

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

96.7% of Alight shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.7% of GFL Environmental shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Alight shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of GFL Environmental shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is ALIT or GFL more profitable?

GFL Environmental has a net margin of -7.54% compared to Alight's net margin of -7.95%. Alight's return on equity of 5.61% beat GFL Environmental's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alight	-7.95%	5.61%	2.52%
GFL Environmental	-7.54%	3.50%	1.25%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ALIT or GFL?

GFL Environmental has higher revenue and earnings than Alight. GFL Environmental is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alight, 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
Alight	$3.41B	1.24	-$345M	-$0.48	-16.10
GFL Environmental	$5.57B	2.98	$33.63M	-$1.33	-33.08

Summary

Alight beats GFL Environmental on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.