GFL Environmental (GFL) Competitors $45.27 -0.32 (-0.70%) (As of 11/20/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends GFL vs. WCN, TCOM, IQV, CPAY, GIB, RDDT, GRAB, KSPI, TOST, and TRUShould you be buying GFL Environmental stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GFL Environmental include Waste Connections (WCN), Trip.com Group (TCOM), IQVIA (IQV), Corpay (CPAY), CGI (GIB), Reddit (RDDT), Grab (GRAB), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), Toast (TOST), and TransUnion (TRU). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry. GFL Environmental vs. Waste Connections Trip.com Group IQVIA Corpay CGI Reddit Grab Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz Toast TransUnion GFL Environmental (NYSE:GFL) and Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations. Do analysts prefer GFL or WCN? GFL Environmental currently has a consensus target price of $45.80, indicating a potential upside of 1.17%. Waste Connections has a consensus target price of $195.56, indicating a potential upside of 4.85%. Given Waste Connections' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than GFL Environmental.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score GFL Environmental 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 7 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.70Waste Connections 0 Sell rating(s) 6 Hold rating(s) 11 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.72 Does the media favor GFL or WCN? In the previous week, Waste Connections had 16 more articles in the media than GFL Environmental. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Waste Connections and 5 mentions for GFL Environmental. GFL Environmental's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Waste Connections' score of 0.23 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 5 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Waste Connections 5 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 3 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GFL or WCN? 64.7% of GFL Environmental shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of GFL Environmental shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Waste Connections shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GFL or WCN? Waste Connections received 757 more outperform votes than GFL Environmental when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.20% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote while only 68.87% of users gave GFL Environmental an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformGFL EnvironmentalOutperform Votes10468.87% Underperform Votes4731.13% Waste ConnectionsOutperform Votes86175.20% Underperform Votes28424.80% Which has higher valuation & earnings, GFL or WCN? Waste Connections has higher revenue and earnings than GFL Environmental. GFL Environmental is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Connections, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioGFL Environmental$5.57B3.06$33.63M-$1.33-34.04Waste Connections$8.02B6.00$762.80M$3.6451.24 Is GFL or WCN a better dividend stock? GFL Environmental pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of $1.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. GFL Environmental pays out -4.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Waste Connections pays out 34.6% 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. Which has more risk and volatility, GFL or WCN? GFL Environmental has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Connections has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is GFL or WCN more profitable? Waste Connections has a net margin of 10.81% compared to GFL Environmental's net margin of -7.54%. Waste Connections' return on equity of 15.43% beat GFL Environmental's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets GFL Environmental-7.54% 3.50% 1.25% Waste Connections 10.81%15.43%6.41% SummaryWaste Connections beats GFL Environmental on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Colonial MetalsTrump’s IRS Hands Massive ‘Victory Gift’ To 401K OwnersThe "Fake Media" has completely ignored Trump's genius "victory gift" to all America First patriots like you. A tax-free gift so powerful it could reshape the financial destinies of millions of IRA and 401(k) owners…Claim your FREE 2024 Gold Guide Get GFL Environmental News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for GFL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart GFL vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricGFL EnvironmentalRefuse systems IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$17.05B$19.14B$6.92B$19.90BDividend Yield0.13%1.25%2.92%3.54%P/E Ratio-34.04115.8945.3042.67Price / Sales3.064.27203.6018.14Price / Cash11.9317.0424.3317.85Price / Book3.074.265.085.60Net Income$33.63M$522.86M$120.92M$985.93M7 Day Performance1.16%-1.08%-1.12%-0.19%1 Month Performance9.67%0.60%8.15%0.15%1 Year Performance50.90%39.58%29.54%23.70% GFL Environmental Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)GFLGFL Environmental1.5828 of 5 stars$45.27-0.7%$45.80+1.2%+50.9%$17.17B$5.57B-34.0420,000WCNWaste Connections4.5027 of 5 stars$186.52-0.5%$195.56+4.8%+38.8%$48.39B$8.02B51.2422,539Analyst RevisionTCOMTrip.com Group4.4271 of 5 stars$64.79+3.3%$74.18+14.5%+76.7%$41.73B$48.74B19.4036,249Analyst ForecastNews CoverageGap UpIQVIQVIA4.9842 of 5 stars$194.38+1.6%$256.50+32.0%-5.3%$34.73B$14.98B25.5187,000Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionCPAYCorpay4.1001 of 5 stars$369.24+0.3%$363.93-1.4%N/A$25.67B$3.76B26.3410,500GIBCGI3.5798 of 5 stars$109.87+0.3%$137.00+24.7%+8.0%$24.99B$10.79B20.4291,500Positive NewsRDDTReddit1.392 of 5 stars$136.27-0.6%$91.67-32.7%N/A$24.08B$804.03M0.002,013Analyst ForecastInsider TradeGRABGrab2.165 of 5 stars$5.66+3.7%$5.48-3.2%+75.2%$22.20B$2.69B-283.009,490Short Interest ↓High Trading VolumeKSPIJoint Stock Company Kaspi.kz4.0221 of 5 stars$106.17-3.3%$156.40+47.3%N/A$21.91B$4.19B0.008,772TOSTToast3.0474 of 5 stars$42.490.0%$33.86-20.3%+193.7%$20.02B$3.87B0.005,500Analyst ForecastTRUTransUnion4.6523 of 5 stars$96.74-0.3%$106.38+10.0%+61.4%$18.91B$3.83B84.1213,200Analyst ForecastAnalyst Revision Related Companies and Tools Related Companies WCN Competitors TCOM Competitors IQV Competitors CPAY Competitors GIB Competitors RDDT Competitors GRAB Competitors KSPI Competitors TOST Competitors TRU Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:GFL) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMissed Nvidia? 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