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