GFL Environmental (GFL) Competitors

Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) and GFL Environmental (NYSE:GFL) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

Which has better earnings and valuation, WCN or GFL?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Waste Connections	$8.02B	5.74	$762.80M	$3.64	49.03
GFL Environmental	$5.57B	2.96	$33.63M	-$1.33	-31.46

Which has more volatility & risk, WCN or GFL?

Waste Connections has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GFL Environmental has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate WCN or GFL?

Waste Connections presently has a consensus price target of $199.75, suggesting a potential upside of 11.94%. GFL Environmental has a consensus price target of $47.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.31%. Given GFL Environmental's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GFL Environmental is more favorable than Waste Connections.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Waste Connections	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
GFL Environmental	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WCN or GFL?

Waste Connections received 761 more outperform votes than GFL Environmental when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.15% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote while only 68.87% of users gave GFL Environmental an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Waste Connections	Outperform Votes 865 75.15%	Underperform Votes 286 24.85%
GFL Environmental	Outperform Votes 104 68.87%	Underperform Votes 47 31.13%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of WCN or GFL?

86.1% of Waste Connections shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.7% of GFL Environmental shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Waste Connections shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of GFL Environmental shares are held 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.

Does the media refer more to WCN or GFL?

In the previous week, Waste Connections had 2 more articles in the media than GFL Environmental. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Waste Connections and 5 mentions for GFL Environmental. Waste Connections' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat GFL Environmental's score of 0.59 indicating that Waste Connections is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Waste Connections	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GFL Environmental	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is WCN or GFL 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
Waste Connections	10.81%	15.43%	6.41%
GFL Environmental	-7.54%	3.50%	1.25%

Is WCN or GFL a better dividend stock?

Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of $1.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. GFL Environmental pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Waste Connections pays out 34.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GFL Environmental pays out -4.5% 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.

Summary

Waste Connections beats GFL Environmental on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.