GFL Environmental (GFL) Competitors $49.83 -0.51 (-1.01%) Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$49.80 -0.03 (-0.07%) As of 08/1/2025 04:47 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock GFL vs. WCN, TCOM, IQV, RDDT, TOST, CPAY, GIB, GRAB, AER, and RBAShould 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), Reddit (RDDT), Toast (TOST), Corpay (CPAY), CGI Group (GIB), Grab (GRAB), Aercap (AER), and RB Global (RBA). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry. GFL Environmental vs. Its Competitors Waste Connections Trip.com Group IQVIA Reddit Toast Corpay CGI Group Grab Aercap RB Global Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) and GFL Environmental (NYSE:GFL) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment. Do analysts recommend WCN or GFL? Waste Connections presently has a consensus target price of $215.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.20%. GFL Environmental has a consensus target price of $57.57, suggesting a potential upside of 15.54%. Given GFL Environmental's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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) 3 Hold rating(s) 11 Buy rating(s) 5 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.11GFL Environmental 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 8 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.09 Is WCN or GFL more profitable? GFL Environmental has a net margin of 48.53% compared to Waste Connections' net margin of 6.97%. Waste Connections' return on equity of 15.72% beat GFL Environmental's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Waste Connections6.97% 15.72% 6.32% GFL Environmental 48.53%3.71%1.42% Does the media prefer WCN or GFL? In the previous week, Waste Connections had 31 more articles in the media than GFL Environmental. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Waste Connections and 16 mentions for GFL Environmental. GFL Environmental's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Waste Connections' score of 0.01 indicating that GFL Environmental is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Waste Connections 13 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 7 Negative mention(s) 7 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral GFL Environmental 6 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has better valuation & earnings, 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioWaste Connections$8.92B5.41$617.57M$2.4875.26GFL Environmental$5.62B3.25-$527.43M$6.357.85 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 50.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GFL Environmental pays out 0.9% 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. Waste Connections has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years and GFL Environmental has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Waste Connections is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more volatility and risk, WCN or GFL? Waste Connections has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GFL Environmental has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500. SummaryWaste Connections beats GFL Environmental on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. 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 GFL 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 EnvironmentalWaste Removal Svcs IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$18.46B$10.26B$14.77B$20.69BDividend Yield0.12%1.29%2.81%3.67%P/E Ratio7.8537.5424.0529.07Price / Sales3.258.1168.4966.49Price / Cash14.4116.9726.9422.84Price / Book3.203.385.074.43Net Income-$527.43M$221.89M$195.86M$994.22M7 Day Performance3.36%-6.38%-4.24%-3.35%1 Month Performance3.14%-4.25%-1.10%-2.06%1 Year Performance24.56%5.60%28.98%10.15% GFL Environmental Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)GFLGFL Environmental4.3266 of 5 stars$49.83-1.0%$57.57+15.5%+24.4%$18.46B$5.62B7.8520,000News CoverageEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastWCNWaste Connections4.4575 of 5 stars$186.07-0.5%$215.00+15.5%+4.4%$48.08B$8.92B75.0323,854Short Interest ↑TCOMTrip.com Group4.8099 of 5 stars$63.50-1.4%$77.25+21.7%+47.4%$41.48B$7.30B18.4141,073Positive NewsIQVIQVIA4.8508 of 5 stars$197.73-0.7%$228.62+15.6%-26.5%$33.61B$15.41B28.6288,000RDDTReddit2.9253 of 5 stars$151.81+1.4%$143.08-5.7%+217.6%$28.01B$1.45B257.312,233Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastGap UpTOSTToast2.6696 of 5 stars$49.00+0.6%$43.17-11.9%+85.1%$24.40B$4.96B213.045,700Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastGap DownCPAYCorpay3.9563 of 5 stars$333.69-0.6%$401.07+20.2%+11.0%$23.52B$3.97B23.4011,200Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsGap DownGIBCGI Group3.8809 of 5 stars$99.80-1.3%$156.75+57.1%-14.5%$22.39B$10.79B18.1890,250Trending NewsEarnings ReportDividend IncreaseAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionGRABGrab1.9956 of 5 stars$5.28-1.5%$5.82+10.2%+48.1%$21.26B$2.80B264.1311,267Trending NewsOptions VolumeAERAercap3.684 of 5 stars$111.83-0.3%$122.38+9.4%+17.9%$20.89B$8.06B9.92740News CoverageEarnings ReportDividend AnnouncementRBARB Global3.7652 of 5 stars$108.55-0.5%$116.21+7.1%+42.3%$20.10B$4.28B53.477,800News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming Earnings Related Companies and Tools Related Companies WCN Competitors TCOM Competitors IQV Competitors RDDT Competitors TOST Competitors CPAY Competitors GIB Competitors GRAB Competitors AER Competitors RBA Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:GFL) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersIs Elon's empire crumbling?The Tesla Shock Nobody Sees Coming While headlines scream "Tesla is doomed"... 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