MARA (MARA) Competitors

MARA (NASDAQ:MARA) and GFL Environmental (NYSE:GFL) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more risk & volatility, MARA or GFL?

MARA has a beta of 6.1, suggesting that its share price is 510% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GFL Environmental has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MARA or GFL?

MARA has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GFL Environmental. GFL Environmental is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MARA, 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
MARA	$656.38M	7.10	$261.17M	$1.36	9.90
GFL Environmental	$7.86B	2.46	$33.63M	-$1.55	-31.78

Does the media prefer MARA or GFL?

In the previous week, MARA had 29 more articles in the media than GFL Environmental. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for MARA and 13 mentions for GFL Environmental. GFL Environmental's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat MARA's score of 0.26 indicating that GFL Environmental is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MARA	10 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
GFL Environmental	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend MARA or GFL?

MARA currently has a consensus price target of $22.80, indicating a potential upside of 69.27%. GFL Environmental has a consensus price target of $52.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.57%. Given MARA's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe MARA is more favorable than GFL Environmental.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MARA	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45
GFL Environmental	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MARA or GFL?

MARA received 196 more outperform votes than GFL Environmental when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.55% of users gave GFL Environmental an outperform vote while only 53.81% of users gave MARA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MARA	Outperform Votes 311 53.81%	Underperform Votes 267 46.19%
GFL Environmental	Outperform Votes 115 70.55%	Underperform Votes 48 29.45%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of MARA or GFL?

44.5% of MARA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.7% of GFL Environmental shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of MARA shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of GFL Environmental shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MARA or GFL more profitable?

MARA has a net margin of 27.48% compared to GFL Environmental's net margin of -7.54%. GFL Environmental's return on equity of 3.50% beat MARA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MARA	27.48%	-8.40%	-6.92%
GFL Environmental	-7.54%	3.50%	1.25%

Summary

MARA and GFL Environmental tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.