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GFL Environmental (GFL) Competitors

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

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), Reddit (RDDT), IQVIA (IQV), CGI Group (GIB), Corpay (CPAY), Toast (TOST), Aercap (AER), and Grab (GRAB). 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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

PayPal has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GFL Environmental has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% 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$31.80B2.28$4.15B$4.4716.71
GFL Environmental$5.62B3.09-$527.43M$4.889.69

PayPal currently has a consensus target price of $83.42, indicating a potential upside of 11.70%. GFL Environmental has a consensus target price of $56.29, indicating a potential upside of 19.03%. Given GFL Environmental's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)
15 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46
GFL Environmental
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.09

In the previous week, PayPal had 31 more articles in the media than GFL Environmental. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for PayPal and 11 mentions for GFL Environmental. PayPal's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat GFL Environmental's score of 0.34 indicating that PayPal is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

GFL Environmental has a net margin of 36.01% compared to PayPal's net margin of 14.26%. PayPal's return on equity of 24.59% beat GFL Environmental's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PayPal14.26% 24.59% 6.06%
GFL Environmental 36.01%3.93%1.43%

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. 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.
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GFL vs. The Competition

MetricGFL EnvironmentalWaste Removal Svcs IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$17.35B$10.14B$15.22B$20.44B
Dividend Yield0.13%1.30%2.70%3.73%
P/E Ratio9.6935.0928.5027.82
Price / Sales3.0919.6243.9054.10
Price / Cash13.5817.0426.6822.41
Price / Book3.533.736.204.59
Net Income-$527.43M$221.89M$188.58M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-1.95%1.24%1.13%0.29%
1 Month Performance-5.23%-0.41%3.09%3.97%
1 Year Performance24.54%14.52%32.13%11.48%

GFL Environmental Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GFL
GFL Environmental
4.4532 of 5 stars
$47.29
-0.1%
$56.29
+19.0%
+23.0%$17.35B$5.62B9.6920,000
PYPL
PayPal
4.7505 of 5 stars
$74.32
+0.9%
$83.42
+12.2%
+28.5%$72.28B$31.80B16.6329,900Positive News
WCN
Waste Connections
4.7715 of 5 stars
$186.81
+0.5%
$212.29
+13.6%
+1.1%$48.27B$8.92B76.8822,100Analyst Forecast
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.6921 of 5 stars
$58.64
-0.1%
$77.25
+31.7%
+26.3%$38.31B$7.30B17.0033,700
RDDT
Reddit
2.3737 of 5 stars
$150.74
+5.4%
$139.57
-7.4%
+105.6%$27.81B$1.30B255.502,233Trending News
Analyst Forecast
IQV
IQVIA
4.9226 of 5 stars
$157.69
+0.1%
$226.32
+43.5%
-21.9%$27.28B$15.41B21.4886,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
GIB
CGI Group
3.8627 of 5 stars
$104.93
+1.5%
$156.75
+49.4%
-0.5%$23.55B$10.79B19.1190,000Positive News
CPAY
Corpay
4.0406 of 5 stars
$332.07
+1.5%
$401.86
+21.0%
+22.8%$23.41B$3.97B23.2910,500Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
TOST
Toast
2.8924 of 5 stars
$44.33
+1.0%
$41.21
-7.0%
+85.6%$22.08B$4.96B192.744,500Options Volume
AER
Aercap
2.1051 of 5 stars
$116.96
-0.2%
$119.25
+2.0%
+22.2%$21.85B$8.06B10.38740Analyst Forecast
GRAB
Grab
1.7113 of 5 stars
$5.03
+2.2%
$5.71
+13.4%
+37.4%$20.26B$2.80B251.639,490Trending News
Options Volume

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This page (NYSE:GFL) was last updated on 7/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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