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GFL Environmental (GFL) Competitors

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$46.02 -0.14 (-0.29%)
Closing price 10/23/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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GFL vs. PYPL, TCOM, WCN, RDDT, IQV, GRAB, AER, CPAY, GIB, and TOST

Should you be buying GFL Environmental stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GFL Environmental include PayPal (PYPL), Trip.com Group (TCOM), Waste Connections (WCN), Reddit (RDDT), IQVIA (IQV), Grab (GRAB), Aercap (AER), Corpay (CPAY), CGI Group (GIB), and Toast (TOST). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

GFL Environmental vs. Its Competitors

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

PayPal has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GFL Environmental has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

PayPal has higher revenue and earnings than GFL Environmental. GFL Environmental is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PayPal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PayPal$31.80B2.09$4.15B$4.6814.88
GFL Environmental$5.62B2.98-$527.43M$6.357.25

PayPal presently has a consensus price target of $82.57, indicating a potential upside of 18.53%. GFL Environmental has a consensus price target of $58.63, indicating a potential upside of 27.38%. Given GFL Environmental's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GFL Environmental is more favorable than PayPal.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PayPal
3 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
GFL Environmental
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.07

In the previous week, PayPal had 72 more articles in the media than GFL Environmental. MarketBeat recorded 76 mentions for PayPal and 4 mentions for GFL Environmental. PayPal's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat GFL Environmental's score of 0.44 indicating that PayPal is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PayPal
36 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
21 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
GFL Environmental
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

68.3% of PayPal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.7% of GFL Environmental shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of PayPal 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

GFL Environmental has a net margin of 48.53% compared to PayPal's net margin of 14.49%. PayPal's return on equity of 25.35% beat GFL Environmental's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PayPal14.49% 25.35% 6.30%
GFL Environmental 48.53%3.71%1.42%

Summary

PayPal beats GFL Environmental on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GFL vs. The Competition

MetricGFL EnvironmentalWaste Removal Svcs IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$16.77B$10.94B$28.82B$21.90B
Dividend Yield0.13%1.18%2.87%3.59%
P/E Ratio7.2537.3222.4332.78
Price / Sales2.9823.53935.9158.56
Price / Cash13.2216.5130.1824.20
Price / Book3.434.007.704.65
Net Income-$527.43M$245.64M$197.10M$1.01B
7 Day Performance1.77%0.67%0.47%1.77%
1 Month Performance-1.00%-0.44%-1.84%0.75%
1 Year Performance12.15%5.64%51.41%12.77%

GFL Environmental Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GFL
GFL Environmental
4.4556 of 5 stars
$46.03
-0.3%
$58.63
+27.4%
+10.4%$16.77B$5.62B7.2520,000
PYPL
PayPal
4.6837 of 5 stars
$69.20
+2.7%
$83.44
+20.6%
-13.8%$64.40B$31.80B14.7924,400Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.5429 of 5 stars
$71.38
+1.8%
$76.98
+7.8%
+15.7%$45.82B$7.30B21.2541,073Positive News
WCN
Waste Connections
4.8966 of 5 stars
$174.01
+0.6%
$210.38
+20.9%
-1.9%$44.38B$8.92B70.1723,854Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
RDDT
Reddit
3.2202 of 5 stars
$202.66
+4.0%
$210.54
+3.9%
+159.0%$36.49B$1.30B177.232,233Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
IQV
IQVIA
4.3744 of 5 stars
$212.30
+3.8%
$234.57
+10.5%
-3.6%$34.77B$15.41B30.7288,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
GRAB
Grab
1.8503 of 5 stars
$5.67
+0.5%
$5.90
+4.1%
+38.2%$22.71B$2.80B141.7911,267Gap Up
AER
Aercap
3.2539 of 5 stars
$120.98
+0.5%
$122.57
+1.3%
+26.2%$22.49B$8.00B7.52740Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CPAY
Corpay
4.2671 of 5 stars
$286.24
+0.3%
$395.58
+38.2%
-19.8%$20.16B$3.97B15.1811,200Positive News
GIB
CGI Group
3.8088 of 5 stars
$87.00
-0.1%
$138.33
+59.0%
-22.7%$19.42B$10.79B16.0890,250
TOST
Toast
4.3574 of 5 stars
$37.72
+0.6%
$46.05
+22.1%
+32.8%$19.13B$4.96B107.145,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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