GFL vs. PYPL, WCN, TCOM, IQV, CPAY, GIB, TOST, AER, GRAB, and RDDT
Should you be buying GFL Environmental stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GFL Environmental include PayPal (PYPL), Waste Connections (WCN), Trip.com Group (TCOM), IQVIA (IQV), Corpay (CPAY), CGI (GIB), Toast (TOST), AerCap (AER), Grab (GRAB), and Reddit (RDDT). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
GFL Environmental vs.
PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) and GFL Environmental (NYSE:GFL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and community ranking.
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.
In the previous week, PayPal had 39 more articles in the media than GFL Environmental. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for PayPal and 14 mentions for GFL Environmental. GFL Environmental's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat PayPal's score of 1.11 indicating that GFL Environmental is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PayPal has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GFL Environmental has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PayPal has a net margin of 13.04% compared to GFL Environmental's net margin of -7.54%. PayPal's return on equity of 23.67% beat GFL Environmental's return on equity.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of GFL Environmental shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
PayPal presently has a consensus price target of $83.68, indicating a potential upside of 16.79%. GFL Environmental has a consensus price target of $54.57, indicating a potential upside of 9.87%. Given PayPal's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PayPal is more favorable than GFL Environmental.
PayPal received 1723 more outperform votes than GFL Environmental when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.16% of users gave PayPal an outperform vote while only 71.93% of users gave GFL Environmental an outperform vote.
Summary
PayPal beats GFL Environmental on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GFL) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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