GFL Environmental (GFL) Competitors $47.92 -0.32 (-0.67%) Closing price 09/5/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$47.91 -0.01 (-0.01%) As of 09/5/2025 07:03 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock GFL vs. PYPL, TCOM, WCN, RDDT, IQV, AER, TOST, CPAY, GIB, and RBAShould 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), Aercap (AER), Toast (TOST), Corpay (CPAY), CGI Group (GIB), and RB Global (RBA). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry. GFL Environmental vs. Its Competitors PayPal Trip.com Group Waste Connections Reddit IQVIA Aercap Toast Corpay CGI Group RB Global PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) and GFL Environmental (NYSE:GFL) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations. Do insiders & institutionals believe in PYPL or GFL? 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media prefer PYPL or GFL? In the previous week, PayPal had 63 more articles in the media than GFL Environmental. MarketBeat recorded 74 mentions for PayPal and 11 mentions for GFL Environmental. GFL Environmental's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat PayPal's score of 1.18 indicating that GFL Environmental is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment PayPal 56 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 6 Neutral mention(s) 9 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive GFL Environmental 10 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Do analysts recommend PYPL or GFL? PayPal currently has a consensus target price of $85.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.52%. GFL Environmental has a consensus target price of $57.86, indicating a potential upside of 20.75%. Given PayPal's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe PayPal is more favorable than GFL Environmental.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score PayPal 2 Sell rating(s) 14 Hold rating(s) 17 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.45GFL Environmental 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 8 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.09 Which has more risk and volatility, PYPL or GFL? PayPal has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GFL Environmental has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is PYPL or GFL more profitable? 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% Which has higher earnings and valuation, PYPL or GFL? 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 RatioPayPal$32.29B2.02$4.15B$4.6814.59GFL Environmental$5.62B3.10-$527.43M$6.357.55 SummaryPayPal beats GFL Environmental on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get GFL Environmental News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for GFL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart GFL vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricGFL EnvironmentalWaste Removal Svcs IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$17.40B$11.03B$6.68B$21.37BDividend Yield0.13%1.20%2.74%3.49%P/E Ratio7.5539.6227.1529.62Price / Sales3.1014.46698.7869.49Price / Cash13.7216.8826.9425.18Price / Book3.583.836.894.55Net Income-$527.43M$245.70M$199.16M$999.70M7 Day Performance-4.29%1.82%-0.06%0.58%1 Month Performance-5.19%8.89%8.59%5.66%1 Year Performance20.30%5.24%43.84%17.40% GFL Environmental Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)GFLGFL Environmental4.641 of 5 stars$47.92-0.7%$57.86+20.7%+17.8%$17.40B$5.62B7.5520,000Positive NewsPYPLPayPal4.7397 of 5 stars$70.19+0.2%$85.00+21.1%-5.2%$67.06B$31.80B13.7124,400Trending NewsOptions VolumeTCOMTrip.com Group4.3107 of 5 stars$73.75-1.7%$76.98+4.4%+52.5%$48.18B$7.30B22.3541,073Analyst UpgradeWCNWaste Connections4.9046 of 5 stars$185.10+1.0%$215.00+16.2%-3.0%$47.75B$8.92B37.4923,854Positive NewsRDDTReddit2.9769 of 5 stars$225.28-0.1%$175.38-22.2%+309.1%$42.13B$1.30B204.622,233Positive NewsInsider TradeIQVIQVIA4.9538 of 5 stars$190.71+1.0%$228.62+19.9%-24.3%$32.44B$15.41B27.6088,000News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst ForecastAERAercap3.18 of 5 stars$123.62-0.1%$122.57-0.9%+34.3%$23.07B$8.00B10.10740News CoveragePositive NewsTOSTToast4.129 of 5 stars$45.16+0.5%$45.54+0.8%+70.7%$23.00B$4.96B128.865,700Positive NewsAnalyst DowngradeShort Interest ↓CPAYCorpay4.4093 of 5 stars$325.64+0.1%$399.43+22.7%+3.9%$23.00B$3.97B17.3111,200Positive NewsAnalyst UpgradeGIBCGI Group3.7807 of 5 stars$97.13+0.7%$148.25+52.6%-14.0%$21.66B$10.79B17.9590,250Positive NewsRBARB Global4.1512 of 5 stars$114.57-0.1%$124.33+8.5%+37.3%$21.25B$4.28B56.727,800News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst Downgrade Related Companies and Tools Related Companies PYPL Competitors TCOM Competitors WCN Competitors RDDT Competitors IQV Competitors AER Competitors TOST Competitors CPAY Competitors GIB Competitors RBA Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:GFL) was last updated on 9/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredScientists Discover Untapped Energy Source in Heart of USACrash Coming Sept 30? 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