WCN vs. GIB.A, GFL, CCO, RBA, STN, QBR.B, MEG, SJ, NVEI, and QBR.A
Should you be buying Waste Connections stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waste Connections include CGI (GIB.A), GFL Environmental (GFL), Cameco (CCO), RB Global (RBA), Stantec (STN), Quebecor (QBR.B), MEG Energy (MEG), Stella-Jones (SJ), Nuvei (NVEI), and Quebecor (QBR.A). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Waste Connections vs.
CGI (TSE:GIB.A) and Waste Connections (TSE:WCN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
CGI currently has a consensus target price of C$178.31, suggesting a potential upside of 22.33%. Waste Connections has a consensus target price of C$265.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.06%. Given CGI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe CGI is more favorable than Waste Connections.
CGI has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Connections has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
70.6% of CGI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of Waste Connections shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of CGI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Waste Connections shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, CGI had 2 more articles in the media than Waste Connections. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CGI and 1 mentions for Waste Connections. CGI's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Waste Connections' score of -0.39 indicating that CGI is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CGI has higher revenue and earnings than Waste Connections. CGI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Connections, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CGI has a net margin of 11.51% compared to Waste Connections' net margin of 10.81%. CGI's return on equity of 19.51% beat Waste Connections' return on equity.
CGI received 408 more outperform votes than Waste Connections when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.75% of users gave CGI an outperform vote while only 68.62% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote.
Summary
CGI beats Waste Connections on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:WCN) was last updated on 4/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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