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GFL Environmental (GFL) Competitors

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GFL vs. PYPL, TCOM, RDDT, WCN, IQV, GRAB, AER, CPAY, RBA, and GIB

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), Reddit (RDDT), Waste Connections (WCN), IQVIA (IQV), Grab (GRAB), Aercap (AER), Corpay (CPAY), RB Global (RBA), and CGI Group (GIB). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

GFL Environmental vs. Its Competitors

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

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
GFL Environmental$5.62B3.02-$527.43M$6.357.36
PayPal$31.80B2.07$4.15B$4.6814.73

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

GFL Environmental presently has a consensus price target of $58.75, indicating a potential upside of 25.67%. PayPal has a consensus price target of $84.50, indicating a potential upside of 22.59%. Given GFL Environmental's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe GFL Environmental is more favorable than PayPal.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
GFL Environmental
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.08
PayPal
2 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45

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
GFL Environmental48.53% 3.71% 1.42%
PayPal 14.49%25.35%6.30%

64.7% of GFL Environmental shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of PayPal shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of GFL Environmental shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of PayPal shares are held 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, PayPal had 23 more articles in the media than GFL Environmental. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for PayPal and 14 mentions for GFL Environmental. PayPal's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat GFL Environmental's score of 0.82 indicating that PayPal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
GFL Environmental
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PayPal
23 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

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

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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$16.94B$11.02B$32.61B$21.74B
Dividend Yield0.13%1.17%2.84%3.56%
P/E Ratio7.3638.7926.4829.69
Price / Sales3.0216.93765.8366.07
Price / Cash13.3516.8828.5424.69
Price / Book3.493.918.224.60
Net Income-$527.43M$245.70M$196.69M$1.00B
7 Day Performance0.06%1.51%1.18%1.74%
1 Month Performance-5.85%11.51%11.99%3.74%
1 Year Performance18.17%7.90%56.73%13.34%

GFL Environmental Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GFL
GFL Environmental
4.6262 of 5 stars
$46.75
+0.3%
$58.75
+25.7%
+17.5%$16.94B$5.62B7.3620,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PYPL
PayPal
4.9066 of 5 stars
$69.68
+3.5%
$84.50
+21.3%
-14.0%$64.30B$31.80B14.8924,400Positive News
Options Volume
High Trading Volume
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.4036 of 5 stars
$76.14
+0.3%
$76.98
+1.1%
+19.9%$49.60B$7.30B23.0141,073
RDDT
Reddit
3.1602 of 5 stars
$241.98
+0.8%
$201.58
-16.7%
+207.2%$44.94B$1.30B218.282,233Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
Gap Up
WCN
Waste Connections
4.9351 of 5 stars
$174.09
+1.0%
$213.00
+22.3%
-1.5%$44.24B$8.92B70.2023,854Analyst Forecast
IQV
IQVIA
4.8552 of 5 stars
$181.00
+0.8%
$229.64
+26.9%
-11.9%$30.53B$15.41B26.1988,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
GRAB
Grab
1.6648 of 5 stars
$6.11
flat
$5.90
-3.4%
+55.7%$24.60B$2.80B152.7911,267Trending News
AER
Aercap
2.3253 of 5 stars
$121.36
-1.4%
$122.57
+1.0%
+31.2%$23.00B$8.00B7.55740
CPAY
Corpay
4.4008 of 5 stars
$295.33
-0.5%
$399.43
+35.2%
-8.9%$20.95B$3.97B15.7711,200Analyst Forecast
RBA
RB Global
4.5492 of 5 stars
$107.39
-0.1%
$124.33
+15.8%
+34.4%$19.94B$4.28B53.167,800Positive News
GIB
CGI Group
3.696 of 5 stars
$88.85
+0.8%
$148.25
+66.8%
-21.3%$19.65B$10.79B16.4290,250

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