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Waste Connections (WCN) Competitors

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C$275.99 -1.39 (-0.50%)
As of 03/28/2025 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 superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

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

In the previous week, CGI had 4 more articles in the media than Waste Connections. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for CGI and 0 mentions for Waste Connections. CGI's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Waste Connections' score of -0.20 indicating that CGI is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
CGI Neutral
Waste Connections Neutral

CGI currently has a consensus price target of C$178.31, indicating a potential upside of 26.88%. Waste Connections has a consensus price target of C$265.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.98%. Given CGI's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly 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)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Waste Connections
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

CGI received 409 more outperform votes than Waste Connections when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.75% of users gave CGI an outperform vote while only 68.53% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CGIOutperform Votes
666
73.75%
Underperform Votes
237
26.25%
Waste ConnectionsOutperform Votes
257
68.53%
Underperform Votes
118
31.47%

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$14.52B1.97C$1.67BC$7.1519.65
Waste ConnectionsC$6.13B8.19C$662.45MC$5.1753.34

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

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CGI11.51% 19.51% 9.35%
Waste Connections 10.81%11.86%5.00%

Summary

CGI beats Waste Connections on 15 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$50.17BC$5.92BC$6.87BC$5.65B
Dividend Yield0.60%1.81%3.54%6.44%
P/E Ratio53.3428.4520.7529.77
Price / Sales8.199.7275.48616.16
Price / Cash230.0540.6526.8783.35
Price / Book8.626.413.703.64
Net IncomeC$662.45MC$60.69MC$795.56MC$300.33M
7 Day Performance1.72%1.36%-0.69%-0.92%
1 Month Performance0.59%2.27%-1.14%-0.22%
1 Year Performance18.52%19.47%17.99%14.71%

Waste Connections Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WCN
Waste Connections
0.4012 of 5 stars
C$275.99
-0.5%
C$265.00
-4.0%
+18.5%C$50.17BC$6.13B53.3422,100
GIB.A
CGI
3.9 of 5 stars
C$143.34
+1.2%
C$178.31
+24.4%
-6.0%C$29.21BC$14.52B20.0590,000Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
CCO
Cameco
2.0946 of 5 stars
C$65.51
+2.5%
C$85.30
+30.2%
+2.1%C$28.83BC$2.83B247.524,700Analyst Forecast
GFL
GFL Environmental
N/AC$68.87
+0.4%
N/A+46.3%C$26.58BC$7.88B-45.2019,500News Coverage
RBA
RB Global
N/AC$143.34
+0.8%
N/A+35.9%C$18.52BC$2.06B62.984,200
STN
Stantec
2.8722 of 5 stars
C$119.45
+1.4%
C$140.33
+17.5%
+4.5%C$13.62BC$7.14B39.8631,000Dividend Increase
MEG
MEG Energy
2.2829 of 5 stars
C$25.14
+1.2%
C$30.95
+23.1%
-19.9%C$6.52BC$5.39B13.32449Positive News
QBR.B
Quebecor
0.9298 of 5 stars
C$35.25
-1.6%
C$38.33
+8.7%
+22.3%C$5.56BC$5.67B11.1210,039News Coverage
SJ
Stella-Jones
2.536 of 5 stars
C$66.74
-0.4%
C$86.60
+29.8%
-14.2%C$3.73BC$3.41B11.66280
NVEI
Nuvei
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$3.13BC$1.31B-432.821,370
QBR.A
Quebecor
N/AC$38.20
flat
N/A+26.3%C$2.93BC$5.67B12.0510,000
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This page (TSE:WCN) was last updated on 3/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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