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GFL Environmental (GFL) Competitors

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C$63.30 -0.35 (-0.55%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

GFL vs. WCN, CCO, GIB.A, RBA, STN, MEG, QBR.B, SJ, NVEI, and QBR.A

Should you be buying GFL Environmental stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GFL Environmental include Waste Connections (WCN), Cameco (CCO), CGI (GIB.A), RB Global (RBA), Stantec (STN), MEG Energy (MEG), Quebecor (QBR.B), Stella-Jones (SJ), Nuvei (NVEI), and Quebecor (QBR.A). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

GFL Environmental vs.

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

Waste Connections presently has a consensus target price of C$205.10, indicating a potential downside of 21.36%. Given Waste Connections' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than GFL Environmental.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Waste Connections
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
GFL Environmental
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Waste Connections had 7 more articles in the media than GFL Environmental. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Waste Connections and 1 mentions for GFL Environmental. Waste Connections' average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat GFL Environmental's score of 0.10 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
GFL Environmental
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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 Ratio
Waste ConnectionsC$8.42B7.99C$861.31MC$4.5157.83
GFL EnvironmentalC$7.63B3.16-C$674.60M-C$2.05-30.88

Waste Connections has a net margin of 10.23% compared to GFL Environmental's net margin of -8.83%. Waste Connections' return on equity of 11.14% beat GFL Environmental's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Waste Connections10.23% 11.14% 5.00%
GFL Environmental -8.83%-9.83%1.22%

Waste Connections has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GFL Environmental has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

89.6% of Waste Connections shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of GFL Environmental shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Waste Connections shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of GFL Environmental shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Waste Connections received 241 more outperform votes than GFL Environmental when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave GFL Environmental an outperform vote while only 68.53% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Waste ConnectionsOutperform Votes
257
68.53%
Underperform Votes
118
31.47%
GFL EnvironmentalOutperform Votes
16
72.73%
Underperform Votes
6
27.27%

Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of C$1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. GFL Environmental pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Waste Connections pays out 34.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GFL Environmental pays out -3.9% 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.

Summary

Waste Connections beats GFL Environmental on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GFL vs. The Competition

MetricGFL EnvironmentalWaste Management IndustryIndustrials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$24.10BC$5.82BC$3.89BC$6.25B
Dividend Yield0.13%1.87%4.41%5.27%
P/E Ratio-30.8858.79530.5826.84
Price / Sales3.1648.46410.431,531.29
Price / Cash55.1136.3527.7983.81
Price / Book3.533.383.573.15
Net Income-C$674.60MC$61.13MC$179.69MC$299.38M
7 Day Performance3.72%-2.81%3.36%0.76%
1 Month Performance10.26%-5.12%-1.35%12.82%
1 Year Performance56.88%25.44%28.89%44.03%

GFL Environmental Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GFL
GFL Environmental
N/AC$63.30
-0.5%
N/A+53.7%C$24.10BC$7.63B-30.8819,500
WCN
Waste Connections
1.1501 of 5 stars
C$260.80
-0.4%
C$205.10
-21.4%
+41.4%C$67.28BC$8.42B57.8322,100Analyst Revision
CCO
Cameco
0.8221 of 5 stars
C$80.57
+0.4%
C$82.00
+1.8%
+29.4%C$35.06BC$2.65B136.564,700Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
GIB.A
CGI
2.3553 of 5 stars
C$153.62
+0.2%
C$169.83
+10.6%
+10.0%C$31.31BC$14.52B21.4990,000Dividend Announcement
RBA
RB Global
1.8196 of 5 stars
C$131.07
+0.2%
C$76.00
-42.0%
+54.0%C$24.15BC$4.22B53.154,200
STN
Stantec
1.5582 of 5 stars
C$117.62
+1.4%
C$126.36
+7.4%
+21.5%C$13.42BC$5.42B38.6931,000
MEG
MEG Energy
3.9621 of 5 stars
C$25.68
+1.3%
C$32.55
+26.7%
-4.1%C$6.92BC$5.62B12.23449
QBR.B
Quebecor
1.9353 of 5 stars
C$31.75
0.0%
C$37.94
+19.5%
+2.4%C$5.01BC$5.67B10.0210,039High Trading Volume
SJ
Stella-Jones
3.8995 of 5 stars
C$69.07
-1.7%
C$88.00
+27.4%
-14.8%C$3.89BC$3.46B11.16280Positive News
NVEI
Nuvei
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$3.13BC$1.31B-432.821,370
QBR.A
Quebecor
N/AC$32.88
+2.6%
N/A+2.4%C$2.52BC$5.67B10.3710,000Gap Up

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This page (TSE:GFL) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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