Toast (TOST) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WCN or TOST?

Waste Connections received 797 more outperform votes than Toast when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.11% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote while only 38.71% of users gave Toast an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Waste Connections	Outperform Votes 869 75.11%	Underperform Votes 288 24.89%
Toast	Outperform Votes 72 38.71%	Underperform Votes 114 61.29%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in WCN or TOST?

86.1% of Waste Connections shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.9% of Toast shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Waste Connections shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Toast shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is WCN or TOST more profitable?

Waste Connections has a net margin of 6.92% compared to Toast's net margin of 0.40%. Waste Connections' return on equity of 15.54% beat Toast's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Waste Connections	6.92%	15.54%	6.33%
Toast	0.40%	1.54%	0.93%

Do analysts recommend WCN or TOST?

Waste Connections presently has a consensus target price of $202.43, indicating a potential upside of 4.85%. Toast has a consensus target price of $40.48, indicating a potential upside of 11.26%. Given Toast's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Toast 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)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.87
Toast	1 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36

Does the media refer more to WCN or TOST?

In the previous week, Toast had 7 more articles in the media than Waste Connections. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Toast and 20 mentions for Waste Connections. Waste Connections' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Toast's score of 0.98 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	12 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Toast	17 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, WCN or TOST?

Waste Connections has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toast has a beta of 1.99, suggesting that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, WCN or TOST?

Waste Connections has higher revenue and earnings than Toast. Toast 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	$8.92B	5.59	$617.57M	$2.39	80.78
Toast	$4.96B	3.62	-$246M	-$0.01	-3,638.00

Summary

Waste Connections beats Toast on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.