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ULS vs. WCN, TCOM, IQV, CPAY, GIB, TOST, AER, GRAB, RBA, and RDDT

Should you be buying UL Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UL Solutions include Waste Connections (WCN), Trip.com Group (TCOM), IQVIA (IQV), Corpay (CPAY), CGI (GIB), Toast (TOST), AerCap (AER), Grab (GRAB), RB Global (RBA), and Reddit (RDDT). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

UL Solutions vs.

UL Solutions (NYSE:ULS) and Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

86.1% of Waste Connections shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of UL Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Waste Connections shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

UL Solutions has a net margin of 11.36% compared to Waste Connections' net margin of 6.92%. UL Solutions' return on equity of 44.52% beat Waste Connections' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
UL Solutions11.36% 44.52% 12.48%
Waste Connections 6.92%15.54%6.33%

Waste Connections has higher revenue and earnings than UL Solutions. UL Solutions 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
UL Solutions$2.91B4.93$260M$1.6742.86
Waste Connections$9.08B5.57$617.57M$2.4380.52

Waste Connections received 855 more outperform votes than UL Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.91% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote while only 58.82% of users gave UL Solutions an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
UL SolutionsOutperform Votes
20
58.82%
Underperform Votes
14
41.18%
Waste ConnectionsOutperform Votes
875
74.91%
Underperform Votes
293
25.09%

UL Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $69.43, suggesting a potential downside of 3.01%. Waste Connections has a consensus price target of $208.21, suggesting a potential upside of 6.41%. Given Waste Connections' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than UL Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
UL Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
Waste Connections
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.94

UL Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of $1.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. UL Solutions pays out 31.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Waste Connections pays out 51.9% 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 8 consecutive years. UL Solutions is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Waste Connections had 12 more articles in the media than UL Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Waste Connections and 16 mentions for UL Solutions. UL Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Waste Connections' score of 0.32 indicating that UL Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
UL Solutions
11 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Waste Connections
12 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Waste Connections beats UL Solutions on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ULS vs. The Competition

MetricUL SolutionsTesting laboratories IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$14.33B$5.18B$16.37B$19.41B
Dividend Yield0.73%1.34%2.48%3.83%
P/E Ratio44.1911.0532.2134.23
Price / Sales4.932.05267.9034.85
Price / CashN/A21.2131.5317.51
Price / BookN/A3.125.284.69
Net Income$260M$107.05M$195.26M$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.89%-8.83%-0.96%-1.74%
1 Month Performance29.35%-5.53%14.34%7.46%
1 Year Performance76.22%-16.59%14.95%3.96%

UL Solutions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ULS
UL Solutions
2.8158 of 5 stars
$71.11
-0.6%
$69.43
-2.4%
+78.7%$14.23B$2.91B43.9015,233Positive News
Dividend Announcement
WCN
Waste Connections
4.2671 of 5 stars
$193.36
+0.8%
$208.21
+7.7%
+18.4%$49.96B$9.08B80.9022,100Analyst Revision
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.8819 of 5 stars
$67.10
+3.3%
$78.53
+17.0%
+11.5%$43.83B$53.29B20.0933,700News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
IQV
IQVIA
4.9342 of 5 stars
$143.32
+0.4%
$228.14
+59.2%
-40.1%$24.79B$15.50B19.1186,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
CPAY
Corpay
4.3378 of 5 stars
$348.39
-0.1%
$395.07
+13.4%
+20.1%$24.56B$4.05B24.9210,500Positive News
GIB
CGI
3.9143 of 5 stars
$108.10
-0.1%
$156.75
+45.0%
+2.3%$24.51B$15.14B19.5590,000Positive News
TOST
Toast
2.6176 of 5 stars
$44.68
-0.1%
$40.91
-8.4%
+61.3%$22.25B$5.22B-4,463.544,500Positive News
AER
AerCap
3.4297 of 5 stars
$113.66
+0.5%
$119.25
+4.9%
+22.5%$21.23B$8.06B9.01740Positive News
GRAB
Grab
1.8559 of 5 stars
$5.08
-0.2%
$5.71
+12.3%
+29.3%$20.46B$2.92B-254.009,490Trending News
RBA
RB Global
2.8134 of 5 stars
$108.64
+0.4%
$114.50
+5.4%
+43.1%$20.11B$4.33B54.054,200Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
RDDT
Reddit
3.8908 of 5 stars
$108.04
-4.6%
$141.36
+30.8%
+61.4%$19.94B$1.45B-13.982,013Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade

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This page (NYSE:ULS) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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