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GFL Environmental (GFL) Competitors

$36.85
+0.25 (+0.68%)
(As of 04:00 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$36.56
$37.19
50-Day Range
$32.46
$37.87
52-Week Range
$23.10
$38.26
Volume
883,140 shs
Average Volume
1.39 million shs
Market Capitalization
$12.66 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
0.14%
Price Target
$41.85

GFL vs. WCN, RSG, BAH, STX, WPP, TRU, GRAB, DOCU, GEN, and WDH

Should you be buying GFL Environmental stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GFL Environmental include Waste Connections (WCN), Republic Services (RSG), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), Seagate Technology (STX), WPP (WPP), TransUnion (TRU), Grab (GRAB), DocuSign (DOCU), Gen Digital (GEN), and Waterdrop (WDH). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.

GFL Environmental vs.

Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) and GFL Environmental (NYSE:GFL) 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 institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Waste Connections has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GFL Environmental has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Waste Connections$7.21 billion4.95$835.66 million$3.3141.85
GFL Environmental$4.98 billion2.52-$239.84 million-$1.31-27.94

Waste Connections has a net margin of 11.43% compared to GFL Environmental's net margin of -7.66%. Waste Connections' return on equity of 14.22% beat GFL Environmental's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Waste Connections 11.43% 14.22% 6.08%
GFL Environmental -7.66% 2.93% 0.95%

85.6% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.3% of GFL Environmental shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Waste Connections 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Waste Connections received 725 more outperform votes than GFL Environmental when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.54% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote while only 67.50% of users gave GFL Environmental an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Waste ConnectionsOutperform Votes
806
75.54%
Underperform Votes
261
24.46%
GFL EnvironmentalOutperform Votes
81
67.50%
Underperform Votes
39
32.50%

Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. GFL Environmental pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Waste Connections pays out 30.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GFL Environmental pays out -3.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Waste Connections has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and GFL Environmental has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Waste Connections is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Waste Connections currently has a consensus price target of $156.22, suggesting a potential upside of 12.79%. GFL Environmental has a consensus price target of $41.85, suggesting a potential upside of 14.34%. Given GFL Environmental's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GFL Environmental is more favorable than Waste Connections.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Waste Connections
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13
GFL Environmental
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Waste Connections had 1 more articles in the media than GFL Environmental. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Waste Connections and 3 mentions for GFL Environmental. GFL Environmental's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Waste Connections' score of -0.30 indicating that GFL Environmental is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Waste Connections
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
GFL Environmental
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Waste Connections beats GFL Environmental on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GFL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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 EnvironmentalRefuse systems IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.57B$15.46B$4.80B$14.35B
Dividend Yield0.14%1.44%4.85%4.08%
P/E Ratio-27.9417.48258.3317.04
Price / Sales2.523.86332.159.00
Price / Cash9.6411.0919.8115.16
Price / Book2.703.564.356.84
Net Income-$239.84M$464.14M$103.64M$891.72M
7 Day Performance-0.30%-1.41%-0.92%-1.22%
1 Month Performance0.83%-1.83%0.32%-2.03%
1 Year Performance19.22%9.27%-10.51%-10.36%

GFL Environmental Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WCN
Waste Connections
2.6535 of 5 stars
$137.55
-1.2%
$156.22
+13.6%
+7.8%$35.43B$7.21B41.5622,109
RSG
Republic Services
2.286 of 5 stars
$142.70
-0.9%
$145.40
+1.9%
+3.1%$45.13B$13.51B29.7940,000Short Interest ↑
BAH
Booz Allen Hamilton
2.5658 of 5 stars
$93.50
+0.4%
$104.63
+11.9%
+10.8%$12.37B$8.36B29.0429,300Earnings Report
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
STX
Seagate Technology
1.7604 of 5 stars
$62.37
-0.9%
$65.76
+5.4%
-29.4%$13.00B$8.41B-74.2540,000
WPP
WPP
0 of 5 stars
$55.05
-1.7%
N/AN/A$11.79B$17.85B0.00114,129
TRU
TransUnion
2.6805 of 5 stars
$72.10
-0.3%
$77.50
+7.5%
-18.0%$13.93B$3.71B51.1412,200Short Interest ↑
GRAB
Grab
1.8381 of 5 stars
$3.01
-1.6%
$3.87
+28.6%
+26.1%$11.28B$1.43B-7.722
DOCU
DocuSign
2.6617 of 5 stars
$54.40
-1.9%
$62.93
+15.7%
-36.2%$11.01B$2.52B-111.027,336
GEN
Gen Digital
2.8102 of 5 stars
$16.96
-0.6%
$26.50
+56.3%
-31.8%$10.84B$3.34B8.002,700
WDH
Waterdrop
1.8614 of 5 stars
$2.63
-1.9%
$2.70
+2.7%
+135.1%$10.68B$406.22M11.962,719Upcoming Earnings
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