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Waste Connections (WCN) Competitors

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C$258.01 +1.53 (+0.60%)
As of 01/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

WCN vs. GIB.A, CCO, GFL, RBA, STN, MEG, QBR.B, 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), Cameco (CCO), GFL Environmental (GFL), 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.

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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.

70.6% of CGI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of CGI shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Waste Connections shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CGIC$14.52B2.20C$1.67BC$7.1521.94
Waste ConnectionsC$8.42B7.91C$861.31MC$4.5157.21

CGI received 400 more outperform votes than Waste Connections when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.57% of users gave CGI an outperform vote while only 68.53% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CGIOutperform Votes
657
73.57%
Underperform Votes
236
26.43%
Waste ConnectionsOutperform Votes
257
68.53%
Underperform Votes
118
31.47%

CGI currently has a consensus target price of C$169.83, suggesting a potential upside of 8.27%. Waste Connections has a consensus target price of C$237.33, suggesting a potential downside of 8.01%. Given CGI's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe CGI is more favorable than Waste Connections.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CGI
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Waste Connections
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

CGI has a net margin of 11.51% compared to Waste Connections' net margin of 10.23%. CGI's return on equity of 19.51% beat Waste Connections' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CGI11.51% 19.51% 9.35%
Waste Connections 10.23%11.14%5.00%

CGI has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Connections has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Waste Connections had 1 more articles in the media than CGI. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Waste Connections and 0 mentions for CGI. Waste Connections' average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat CGI's score of 0.00 indicating that Waste Connections is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
CGI Neutral
Waste Connections Neutral

Summary

CGI beats Waste Connections on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WCN vs. The Competition

MetricWaste ConnectionsWaste Management IndustryIndustrials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$66.56BC$6.37BC$4.74BC$6.16B
Dividend Yield0.65%1.89%3.96%5.38%
P/E Ratio57.2180.78369.5325.88
Price / Sales7.916.09356.011,252.28
Price / Cash230.0537.6529.7882.72
Price / Book8.343.273.403.19
Net IncomeC$861.31MC$61.13MC$196.30MC$295.15M
7 Day Performance2.24%2.07%0.36%0.78%
1 Month Performance2.24%-3.55%0.07%1.21%
1 Year Performance30.15%13.74%28.84%38.64%

Waste Connections Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WCN
Waste Connections
0.8414 of 5 stars
C$258.01
+0.6%
C$237.33
-8.0%
+30.2%C$66.56BC$8.42B57.2122,100News Coverage
GIB.A
CGI
0.9505 of 5 stars
C$155.35
-0.1%
C$169.83
+9.3%
+10.0%C$31.66BC$14.52B21.7390,000
CCO
Cameco
1.4243 of 5 stars
C$70.24
-1.2%
C$84.30
+20.0%
+15.4%C$30.57BC$2.65B119.054,700
GFL
GFL Environmental
N/AC$63.59
-0.2%
N/A+38.1%C$24.21BC$7.63B-31.0219,500Dividend Cut
RBA
RB Global
0.9895 of 5 stars
C$128.64
+0.5%
C$76.00
-40.9%
+48.2%C$23.70BC$4.22B52.294,200News Coverage
STN
Stantec
2.9274 of 5 stars
C$110.26
+0.3%
C$129.50
+17.4%
+5.4%C$12.58BC$5.42B36.2731,000
MEG
MEG Energy
3.9409 of 5 stars
C$23.70
-5.6%
C$32.45
+36.9%
+0.1%C$6.39BC$5.62B11.29449Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
QBR.B
Quebecor
3.1202 of 5 stars
C$31.75
+0.3%
C$38.31
+20.7%
-7.3%C$5.01BC$5.67B10.0210,039Positive News
SJ
Stella-Jones
3.7181 of 5 stars
C$66.78
-0.8%
C$88.00
+31.8%
-12.1%C$3.76BC$3.46B10.79280Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
NVEI
Nuvei
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$3.13BC$1.31B-432.821,370
QBR.A
Quebecor
N/AC$31.93
+0.9%
N/A-7.9%C$2.45BC$5.67B10.0710,000

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