WCN vs. UBER, SPGI, PDD, MELI, RELX, DASH, PYPL, TCOM, IQV, and GIB
Should you be buying Waste Connections stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waste Connections include Uber Technologies (UBER), S&P Global (SPGI), PDD (PDD), MercadoLibre (MELI), Relx (RELX), DoorDash (DASH), PayPal (PYPL), Trip.com Group (TCOM), IQVIA (IQV), and CGI (GIB). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Waste Connections vs.
Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER) and Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.
Uber Technologies has a net margin of 22.41% compared to Waste Connections' net margin of 6.92%. Uber Technologies' return on equity of 62.60% beat Waste Connections' return on equity.
Uber Technologies has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Connections has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
80.2% of Uber Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of Waste Connections shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Uber Technologies 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Uber Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Waste Connections. Uber Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Connections, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Uber Technologies had 57 more articles in the media than Waste Connections. MarketBeat recorded 100 mentions for Uber Technologies and 43 mentions for Waste Connections. Uber Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Waste Connections' score of 0.21 indicating that Uber Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Waste Connections received 296 more outperform votes than Uber Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Uber Technologies an outperform vote while only 74.85% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote.
Uber Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $89.81, indicating a potential upside of 10.54%. Waste Connections has a consensus target price of $208.21, indicating a potential upside of 6.29%. Given Uber Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Uber Technologies is more favorable than Waste Connections.
Summary
Uber Technologies beats Waste Connections on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WCN) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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